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Use the tabs and their subpages above to assist you in completing your assignments.
Be efficient. Be scholarly. Use all of the Libraries' resources--print, Internet-based, and human! Be information literate!
What is "information literacy"?
This refers to standards which were reviewed by the ACRL Standards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) on January 18, 2000, at the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in San Antonio, Texas. These standards were also endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education (October 1999) and the Council of Independent Colleges (February 2004).
Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning. An information literate individual is able to:
Here are some important links on the Rider University Libraries' home page, http://www.rider.edu/library.
Borrow from other libraries When the material needed is not in the RUL libraries, fill out the online form and the InterLibrary Loan service can get it for you.
NoodleBib & Style Guides leads you to the citation tool, NoodleBib 6, which generates references in APA, Chicago, or MLA style. Check out the tab, Citing Sources, for more directions on creating a Works Cited page for your research paper.
Basic Search Skills (Truncation, Phrase Search, Capitalization, Boolean searches) http://library.rider.edu/il_tutorials/basic/basic.htm
The Online Catalog (Search the Library's books and audividual materials) http://library.rider.edu/il_tutorials/catalog/catalog.htm
Locate the Library's Full-text Periodical Articles http://library.rider.edu/il_tutorials/journals/journals.htm
Citing Sources with NoodleBib http://library.rider.edu/il_tutorials/noodlebib1/noodlebib1.htm
What is DOI and how to locate it? http://library.rider.edu/il_tutorials/doi/doi.htm
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