IWU has site licenses for RefWorks(Web-based), Procite and Endnote. To learn more about the products, please visit these websites.

To obtain software, training, or to consult or which software is best for your project, please contact the Information Services Librarian. 

Citation management software allows a researcher to create a personalized database for references, or citations. Records can be created for:

• books
  
• journal articles
  
• book chapters
  
• dissertations
  
• art work
  
• recordings
  
• web pages
  
• letters
  
• manuscripts, etc.

Creation of the database may occur through either manual entry of records or through direct import from a host of library catalogs and commercial databases.

Using the personalized database, the individual can:

• create bibliographies of all or selected records
  
• search the database to find specific records (perhaps on a specific subject or by an exact author)
  
• format references to match a specific bibliographic style while working in word processing software.

The room is open to any member of the IWU faculty during regular hours of the library. Please note weekdays after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends faculty members should request access to the room by contacting the Information Services Desk.

The university's Information Literacy Program supports Illinois Wesleyan University’s goal of furthering the intellectual development of the entire campus community while encouraging independent, life-long learning among its constituency.

Information Literacy means the ability to recognize the need for information, to assess the extent of that need, and to effectively locate, evaluate, and appropriately use information.

Objective

The program’s objective is to facilitate through outcomes-based instruction the academic community’s acquisition of the tools and education necessary to critically employ information in professional and everyday life. Through collaboration and coordination of the library, teaching faculty, University departments, and the curriculum, the program strives to develop the knowledge and progressive skills to support the scholarship and research of students and faculty.   

Goals

Specific goals of the Information Literacy Program are to:

• help members of the campus community:
  
• understand the organization of information;
  
• effectively select and access both printed and electronic resources;
  
• critically evaluate the authority, relevance, and usefulness of information encountered in various media and formats;
  
• use information ethically to express and communicate their ideas.

Information Literacy Definition

Information literacy is defined by the American Library Association (ALA) as the ability to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information". Since this definition was drafted by the ALA in 1989, the concept of information literacy and methodology of insuring an Information Literacy population has evolved considerably.

For further reading on Information Literacy in Higher Education refer to the following:

Association of College and Research Libraries:
Information Literacy Instruction, Objectives: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians 
(Jan. 2001)

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education 
(Jan. 2000)

National Forum On Information Literacy:
Shapiro, Jeremy J. and Hughes, Shelly K. Information literacy as a liberal art: enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum. Educom review. 31 (2) March/April 1996. pp31-35

TFPL. Skills for Knowledge Management: a briefing paper by TFPL Ltd. London: Library and Information Commission, 1999.