Library ResourcesWho & What They Are: the people, the physical collection & the databases

The Vision & Mission• Vision: information literacy empowers• Develop research skills & rock SHC• You can determine what & how much

information is required, access it efficiently & effectively, evaluate it critically & competently, & use it accurately & legally (ACRL standards)

• Mission: graduation & dream job• With your information literacy awesomeness,

you effectively evaluate information & use it to better your future

The Goals: KSDs• Knowledge is a mastery of facts, range of

information in subject matter area• grades

• Skill is proficiency or competence in given area• competencies, certifications

• Disposition, or attitude means demonstrated commitment to stick with it• graduating

The Team: you & the libraryPeople:•Boise Campus

• Email: rachel.hollis@stevenshenager.edu• Phone: 383-4540, x1814

•Nampa Satellite• Email: heather.lowe@stevenshenager.edu• Phone: 467-0501, x1811

Physical, the SHC library inventory• The catalog. There are about 2300 books,

periodical titles, VHS & DVDs at the three Idaho locations

Electronic, the databases• LiLI & ProQuest

Library Databases• SHC ProQuest has more than 4,200 titles:• http://search.proquest.com/

• LiLI is a cohort of databases courtesy the Idaho Commission for Libraries• http://lili.org/• EBSCOhost is the main resource

• LiLI also has:• Gale Virtual Reference Library• LearningExpress Library• Idaho Career Information System• Links to research materials, something to read, health

information & more

The Risks

•Plagiarism: cite your sources•There’s a lot of information out there• Credible information is out there, the

library catalogs & databases make is much easier to find• Select peer-reviewed resources, otherwise

look for bias• Use the CRAAP method• Be sure to cite your sources & avoid

plagiarism