Research Guides: EMPOWER: Home

Welcome to PSC EMPOWER!

EDUCATIONAL MODULES PROMOTING OBJECTIVE WRITING and ELEVATED RESEARCH

In this tutorial, you will discover how to:

Identify your information need
Search for information
Evaluate information and its sources
Apply and use information ethically and legally
Acknowledge your use of the information

Select from the modules below to start

Module 1
Introduction to Research
Module 2
Choosing Your Topic
Module 3
Building Search Strategies
Module 4
Website Overview & Library Catalog
Module 5
Searching Library Databases
Module 6
Searching the Internet
Module 7
Evaluating Information
Module 8
Using Information
Module 9
Citing Sources with APA
Module 10
Citing Sources with MLA

PSC EMPOWER, by Peru State College Library, 2011-2022, is a modified version of EMPOWER. Original EMPOWER material, 2007, is a tutorial developed by Wichita State University Libraries. EMPOWER incorporates material from inflite, a tutorial developed by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2003, and Searchpath, a tutorial developed by Western Michigan University, 2001-2002, both of which are based on material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, 1998-2002. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the EMPOWER Creative Commons License