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Learn more about how to research by attending one or all of the 45 minute workshops held in LRC 130 every Tuesday in October at noon and 5 pm. Students will learn how to choose a topic, search, locate, and evaluate information,  and create a citation for a works cited or reference page.  Plan to attend and receive a drink and snack after the workshop is done.  Please RSVP to mandrell@rlc.edu if you will be attending.

Looking for something interesting to research?  How about using some of these new book resources:

• Encyclopedia of Disasters
• The Abraham Lincoln Companion
• Encyclopedia of Rural America
• Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals
• Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
• Psychedelic Medicine
• The Public Debate Over Controversial Supreme Court Decisions

They are located in the new book display in the Reference Department.

Boaz Lalang’s Olympic journey ended this morning. Finishing ninth in a race where the top eight advance, Lalang failed to qualify for the 800m men’s final after crossing the finish line just 0.02 seconds behind the second place runner in his heat - Canadian Gary Reed.
A release is available at www.rlc.edu/pressroom with more details.
We should all be very proud of Lalang - Rend Lake College’s greatest athlete.

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Need additional sources to support your research?  Consider these new Reference books:

1. Crimes & Trials of the Century
2. Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History
3. Encyclopedia of American Indian History
4. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence
5. Magill’s Medical Guide
6. World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries

You will find these and other great sources in the Learning Resource Center Reference Department.

Did you know that by citing references in papers you:

• validate your work
• give credit to the author of the work used in the paper
• uphold academic honesty

Here are some sites that give examples of citing:

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

This is a link to the Purdue University OWL writing lab.  You will see the links for APA and MLA on the right.

http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

This link is to the Duke University Citing Sources page.

Need help with citing?  Ask you instructor or visit the library.  We have manuals that you can use to review examples of citing.

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Effective immediately, we have enabled an updated Online Student Records module. The new module is available at the following URL: https://webapp.rlc.edu/OSR/Login.aspx. Students can start using the site immediately.

We will be maintaining the old Online Student Records site until mid-January, 2008 at which time, we will transition completely to the new site.

Please initiate use of the new site as soon as you can and provide feedback to via email to webmaster@rlc.edu.