Empower
Peru State College Library Empower
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, and acknowledge your use of the information.
To navigate in each module, use the blue boxes to the left of the text.
Module 1 - Introduction to Research
Module 2 - Choosing Your Topic
Module 3 - Building Search Strategies
Module 4 - Searching the Library Catalog
Module 5 - Searching Library Databases
Module 7 - Evaluating Information
Module 9 - Citing Sources with APA
Module 10 - Citing Sources with MLA
PSC EMPOWER, by Peru State College Library, 2011-2021, 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