Critical Information Literacy and Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) can be combined with the ACRL Information Literacy Framework to challenge students to approach research from a more critical perspective, even in a short, one-shot library session or reference transaction. Based on democratic education and experiential learning, Intergroup Dialogue is a well-established, research-based social justice education program developed in the 1980s. Combined with Critical Information Literacy, these interactive techniques help students to uncover the hidden (and not-so-hidden) power behind interdisciplinary scholarly communication, and encourage them to take a more critical approach to keywords and subject headings. Flexibility and facilitation are the core of IGD, and can be used in anything from a short reference interview to a multi-session workshop.