Foundations of Reasoning

Welcome to the library guide for Foundations of Reasoning. This guide is designed to introduce you to concepts which will help you navigate the information landscape here at Pepperdine and beyond. As librarians, we value deep understanding of what information is, how it is created and distributed, and the best ways to use it.

Use the navigation menu to look through the different aspects of answering tough questions. The final two pages provide links to books which you can further explore critical thinking and information literacy and links to resources in our libraries to help succeed academically.

"Information Literacy empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goal."

Source: "Information Literacy", UNESCO, https://www.unesco.org/en/ifap/information-literacy

Through this guide and your classes at Pepperdine, you will develop your abilities to find and use information in multiple settings. As you run into difficulty, never hesitate to reach out to a librarian.