SOC-206 (Umamaheswar, Fall 2014)

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Moore Library Reference Desk Hours during Summer II

A librarian is at the Reference Desk to help you seven days a week during these hours:

reference@rider.edu

Ask a question any time 24-7. A librarian will answer you during reference desk hours.

This guide will connect you with resources to find journal articles, newspaper articles, books, and other sources. It is structured around the I-LEARN information use and learning model (Neuman, 2011).  The tabs above will take you through each step of the process of finding, evaluating, and using information.

Have any questions?  Just ask me or use the ask a librarian service, as we're glad to help!

Recursive and flexible, the I-LEARN model can be used in any information setting.  The model includes six elements:

• Identify an information problem by activating an interest, scanning the environment, and focusing on a question
  
  
• Locate the needed information through searching and extracting the relevant information
  
  
• Evaluating that information through questioning its authority, relevance, and timeliness
  
  
• Applying that information to the question thorough organizing and communicating
  
  
• Reflecting on what is found and revising as needed
  
  
• kNowing through personalizing and internalizing the information (Neuman, 2011)

This guide is part of dissertation research being conducted by Stacey Greenwell in Spring 2013.

Debbie Sharp created the original WRD 110/111 guide.

For more information about the I-LEARN model:

Neuman, D. (2011). Learning in information-rich environments: I-LEARN and the construction of knowledge in the 21st century.  New York: Springer.