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Library Instruction

Training in information literacy improves student learning and general education results. Along with providing subject-specific information resources that will help students excel in their studies, students gain from library education in their curriculum.

Classroom sessions

We will collaborate with the faculty to create training that either addresses the requirements of your particular course or assignment or offers a broad introduction to library research and our physical and electronic resources.

Instruction can be one-time or structured to support your course throughout the semester. 

Instruction Offerings

Librarians can adapt a lesson to fit the needs of your class or incorporate any combination of the above components into an instruction session. It is possible to teach these recommended course packages singly or in combination. Click here to book an Instruction session.

Course 

Areas covered 

Duration 

Beginning Your Research

  • Meet your librarian
  • Scholarly and non-scholarly sources
  • Developing a search strategy
  • Finding Sources
  • Evaluating Sources
1 hour 15 mins

Searching a Specialized Database

  • Developing a search strategy
  • Peer review process
  • Subject headings
  • How to save sources via a database
  • Accessing full-text material
 1 hour 15 mins

Evidence-Based Medicine

  • PICO
  • Developing a search strategy
  • The evidence pyramid
  • Searching the literature
  • Critical appraisal
1 hour 15 mins

Citing and Managing Your Sources

  • Academic integrity/plagiarism
  • Citation and formatting
  • Managing your Sources with RefWorks
1 hour 15 mins

Evaluating Sources

  • Distinguish between scholarly and popular resources
  • Determine credibility and appropriate use for assignments.
  • Criteria for evaluating sources
40 mins

Advanced Searching Techniques

  • Boolean operators
  • Truncation
  • Wildcard searching
  • Controlled vocabulary

30 mins

Questions? 

If you have questions about this or another topic, contact 662-2241 ext 2100 or email libdirector@usc.edu.tt.