Writing Tutors' Guide to Information Literacy: Common goals

Research and writing share similar processes and common goals.
They both

• help students successfully complete research assignments
• work with students under pressure and with deadlines
• assist in making sense of assignments
• help students facilitate their own learning
• cultivate literacy and learning
• prevent plagiarism

Librarians and Writing tutors develop collaborative partnerships to offer students their reciprocal referral services and to gain a basic understanding of how their services work together to complement each other.