Session focuses on research skills, strategies, and resources appropriate for the course content and includes hands-on experience with materials and electronic sources. Session focuses on research skills, strategies, and resources appropriate for the course content and includes in-class activities designed to reinforce the material. Tours generally last 20 minutes and are designed solely as orientations to the physical layout of the building. Due to space considerations, no hands-on experience is included.
Librarians work closely with facutly in designing the sessions.
The librarians may suggest activities, exercises, worksheets or group work as methods of learning the material. Sessions include discussions of and practice with paper and electronic resources. Sessions also cover basic research skills and strategies such as analyzing results, selecting resources appropriate for the topic or level, and developing searches. Faculty are requested to attend the library instruction session as their expertise in research in the subject is invaluable for the session. Those who can not work this out must make arrangements with the Library Instruction Coordinator prior to the class period.