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Library Instruction

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Library Instruction session outline:

Information literacy workshops cover:

1. computing, printing and Okey accounts
2. remote library database access
3. navigating the Library home page as gateway to resources, services and student support
4. finding books and reserve materials in print and electronic formats through the library online catalog
5. database selection and database searching at beginner and intermediate levels (journal databases)
6. articulating, defining and refining search topics (with search examples and topics)
7. evaluating research results
8. utilizing information and applying it to projects / assignments at hand
9. finding journal articles (from searching to selecting to retrieving / ordering full text documents)
10. citation styles with examples (using RefWorks citation manager)
11. academic research versus "googling it"

Key Topics:

Library & Information Literacy Instruction at the Oklahoma State University Tulsa Library

Mission:
Library and Information Literacy Instruction will foster good information-seeking behavior in a climate of life-long learning.  Students will learn basic and intermediate skills and concepts of Information Literacy combined with the ability to evaluate and complete the entire information seeking process in an advanced academic library environment.

 
Goals and Objectives  (individual objectives to be stated under 1. – 8.)

 Students will learn to:

1. articulate and communicate the need for specific information
2. understand the difference between formats and access points of information
3. select the most appropriate search and retrieval methods for various information formats
4. formulate effective search strategies and refine as needed
5. locate and retrieve information from primary locations or through alternative solutions
6. analyze and evaluate information for its usefulness and reliability
7. synthesize and utilize information effectively to apply it to specific research and project needs
8. become independent competent end users of information

 
Concepts

Students will learn to:

• choose appropriate formats of information for their information needs (books, journals, reference materials, statistics, (audio-) visual materials and the World Wide Web)
• select appropriate subject journal databases
• distinguish between keyword and controlled vocabulary searching
• gain new insights from information systems while working with them (picking up new search terms)
• differentiate between popular and academic-scholarly documents / resources
• recognize subject terminology and apply it as needed
• narrow / broaden search results with various search strategies
• use intermediate search strategies, like nesting, proximity, full text and wild card searching
• determine location and formats of information and retrieve it (full text, citation only, alternate database(s), print, microfiche, Interlibrary Loan, reserves, reference or circulation)

Skills

Students will learn to:

• work comfortably in the traditional and electronic OSU Tulsa Library environment on campus as well as remotely from home or office.

• use the library home page as gateway to information, library services, online request forms, remote access and research assistance in a fluent way.

• activate, maintain and reset their student computer accounts

• utilize email, downloading (with floppy discs, memory sticks, CD burning) and printing to store and disseminate information

• use basic Windows operating system techniques to store, forward, and convert electronic information into different file formats