The students complete these sessions with limited practice on the system, and in no way do they have mastery of it. Instructors and librarians work together to tailor the session to help students research specific assignments. The objectives of these sessions include enabling students to analyze a topic, formulate a search strategy that incorporates defining search items using the Library of Congress Subject Headings, and using specialized reference tools and periodical indexes. Graduate students are frequently overlooked at SXU and typically receive no library orientation and instruction. Recognizing the needs for instruction for this group, instructors and librarians have initiated and collaborated on sessions specially designed for introducing graduate students to library services and resources in their disciplines.
Sessions are available upon request.