The Publishers' Catalogs section of the Library Gopher has an entry for The Catholic University of America Press, as well as collections of academic and other publishers' catalogs. Library Newsletter Index Library Staff Teaches Research Skills in Programs Across Campus Members of the CUA Libraries staff are developing and participating in a variety of instructional programs on campus. Highlighted here are some of this year's activities. RAP supplements the standard help available at the reference desk, by providing more in-depth service to patrons. General Engineering's Introduction to Engineering Design now has a library lab that will be part of the Engineering curriculum each January.
Students meet in small groups with the librarian for the three-hour lab.
During the session they complete a series of exercises designed to teach research techniques in the engineering sciences. Students have the opportunity to use their new skills immediately after the lab, to prepare a short paper on an assigned topic. The Head of the Music Library conducts one class for the course, on the resources and services of the Library. Students learn to use and evaluate bibliographies, online catalogs, databases, and other music resources in the Music Bibliography course offered by the School of Library and Information Science. The Head of the Music Library is teaching the course this spring semester.