National Information Literacy Awareness Month

rdillow — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:11:29 +0000

The Library is celebrating National Information Literacy Awareness Month!

Find out how to enter to win a gift certificate to the cafeteria!
And, how to get extra credit for a class!
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Des Plaines Campus
11:30am – 1:00pm on Friday, October 23rd
Student Street near the Cafeteria

Ray Harstein Campus
11:30am – 1:00pm on Monday, October 26th
Main Lobby

Credo Reference

rdillow — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:20:15 +0000

If you are looking for an e-reference tool that triggers ideas for paper topics, generates related resources, and offers a visual connection among search results, then Credo Reference is for you. Credo Reference offers a wide range of full-text titles in its collection, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations, bilingual dictionaries, and even crossword solvers and measurement conversions.

Subject-specific titles range from art to technology. Credo Reference also features over 175,000 images and a citation formatter in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats. And, with a click of the mouse, you quickly have access to Featured Content that includes links by subject, entry, image, and people.

Are you interested in the 40th anniversary of the Moon Landing? The “Featured Content” entry includes 335 entries, 79 references to people, 51 images, 8 audio files, and 4 maps. This is one giant step for students, researchers, and librarians!

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National Information Literacy Awareness Month

The Library is celebrating National Information Literacy Awareness Month!

Credo Reference