The following guides have been developed to assist you in your academic resources. They are 1 – 2 page handouts that you can view or print to help you learn important information literacy skills. Please contact the library for further information.

• The Research Process
• Elements of a Research Article
• Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites
• Copyright & Plagiarism
• How to Find Books
• How to Find Articles
• How to Find a Report in CQ Researcher
• Scholarly Journal or Popular Magazine?
• How to Create Citations, Works Cited Pages, and References

The following tutorials are designed to assist you with some of our most popular research tools. The links below will take you to off-site pages to help you become more familiar with each of the products. For more information, please contact the library at reference@necc.mass.edu You may also call (978)-556-3400 or (978)-738-7400 for further assistance.

• EBSCOhost Basic Search Tutorial
• EBSCOhost Advanced Search Tutorial
• CINAHL Tutorial (Basic Searching)
• CINAHL Tutorial (Advanced Searching)
• NoodleTools – a variety of guides to help you learn about NoodleTools
• MLA Formatting in Microsoft Word