Welcome, this guide is designed for you to develop your information literacy skills. The information is provided to allow you to work through the pages, but you don't have to start at the beginning, you can select the most relevant topic at any point within the tutorial.
So what is information literacy?
The American Library Association defines information literacy as "the set of abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning."
Information literacy is essential when searching for appropriate and credible sources.
Created by Marla Turgeon
Let's start with a quick video tour of the library's web page.
*The LRC's website has changed, new video to come. *