Library Instructional Services

Brooke A. Bolton,
Instructional Services Librarian
Brooke Bolton, Library Instruction babolton@usi.edu
Phone: 812-465-1277 Fax: 812-465-1693

 

Would you like your students to know…

    • how to evaluate information on the
        Internet and beyond?

    • how to determine their research needs?

    • how to search the library’s catalog?

    • how to find articles on their research topic?

    • about the library facility and various
        resources therein?

 

Library Instruction Sessions

► What will students learn?
► Where does instruction take place?
► Who will be teaching my library session?
► How do I request library instruction for my class?

 

What will students learn?

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    ► How to determine the amount and types of information needed to fulfill their research needs

    ► How to form their research questions into manageable concepts

    ► How to search the library catalog for books, reference materials, government documents, multimedia,
        and more

    ► How to find articles in general and/or specific databases

    ► Recognize the usefulness of print reference resources

    ► Understand the difference between scholarly and popular periodicals

    ► How to evaluate web resources

    ► Knowledge of resources available to them, including a personal connection with a reference librarian

 

Where does instruction take place?

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All instruction sessions take place in Lab A at the David L. Rice Library. Lab policies can be found here. The labs in the library are not available for use by non-library classes. In only very rare and exceptional cases will the library labs be used for anything other than library instruction sessions. Click here for more information regarding exceptional situations.

 

► Lab A Schedule

 

Who will be teaching my library session?

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One of six reference librarians will teach the library sessions. The library will be in contact with you before your library session. Feel free to email the teaching librarian with any questions you may have before your scheduled session. We try to tailor our instruction sessions to your class’s specific needs.

 

How do I request library instruction for my class?

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    ► All requests should be submitted electronically at least two weeks in advance.

    ► Faculty are required to attend library sessions with their classes. Substitute instructors may
        attend the instruction session in place of the normal instructor under certain circumstances. Library
        sessions without instructors or substitutes attending will be cancelled.

    ► Help with designing effective library assignments.

    ► No library instruction will take place in the first week or the final two weeks of each session.

 

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