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PrepStep offers four tutorials to help with citing sources, researching topics, avoiding plagiarism, and writing in college in College Success Skills.

EMPOWER

EDUCATIONAL MODULES PROMOTING OBJECTIVE WRITING and

ELEVATED RESEARCH

https://peru.libguides.com/empower/home

EMPOWER is an online guide to the Peru State College Library and all its resources and services. It  is made up of eleven self contained modules. Go through EMPOWER from beginning to end or simply use just the modules you need. Click on the link above or on one of the modules below, or look for EMPOWER on the Library's Help page.

Module 1: Introduction to Research

This module covers the starting point for a research project and gives an overview of the resources available to you.

Module 2: Choosing Your Topic

This module covers methods for choosing and narrowing the topic of your research project.

Module 3: Building Search Strategies

This module covers how to build search strategies to use in databases to find information.

Module 4: Searching the Library Catalog

This module covers how to search for information in the Library Catalog.

Module 5: Searching Library Databases

This module covers how to search for information in library databases.

Module 6: Searching the Web

This module covers how to search for information on the Web.

Module 7: Evaluating Information

This module covers how to evaluate information.

Module 8: Using Information

This module covers how to use information.

Module 9: Citing Sources with APA

This module covers how to cite sources using APA (American Psychological Association) style.

Module 10: Citing Sources with MLA

This module covers how to cite sources using MLA (Modern Language Association) style.

Module 11: Citing Tools

This module covers tools you may find useful to generate citations.