Library Instruction and Information Literacy: Learning Tools for Students:
Online Tutorials

Nursing Information Literacy Tutorial

This narrated, Flash-animated tutorial was created by Rutgers University Libraries and Rutgers College of Nursing for all nursing students. The tutorial takes roughly 25 minutes to complete and contains advice and interactive activities. Please use this guide as an introduction to:

• Formulate a research question and choose the right sized topic
• Navigate the two major nursing databases, CINAHL and Medline, by using advanced search techniques
• Find full-text articles
• Employ RefWorks to store reference sources and produce bibliographies in proper APA format

The tutorial can also be used by anyone working on research in Nursing or related areas.

Searchpath

To learn more about library and Internet research, take our Searchpath tutorial. Searchpath consists of 6 modules as follows:

1. Starting Smart
2. Choosing a Topic
3. Using IRIS
4. Finding Articles
5. Using the Web
6. Citing Sources

Each Searchpath tutorial module can be completed in 20 minutes or less.

Introduction to the University Libraries

For an overview of Rutgers University Libraries tools and services, take a short course about the library. This course consists of 8 short sections. Each section can be completed in 5-10 minutes or less.

IRIS

To learn more about our online catalog, consult the IRIS help .

Research Papers

For help getting started with a paper or project, use our Quick Research Guide.

What Makes A Journal Scholarly?

Avoiding Plagiarism:

• Look at Plagiarism and Academic Integrity, a 20 minute interactive-tutorial.

• For another view, use the Camden Plagiarism Tutorial

• Consult Don't Plagiarize: Document Your Research! for tips about how to take notes so that you don't plagiarize by accident.