Library Instruction Information
Winter Park librarians offer library instruction and library tours
to teach information literacy to groups, classes, faculty and staff. Faculty are
encouraged to reserve a librarian to provide general and specific library
instruction for students..
Request
Form
Please allow 24 hours for the library staff to process a request. Reserving a computer classroom requires at least a five day notice.
- Due to possible scheduling conflicts, please offer alternative instruction dates and have at least a one week notice between request(s) and desired library instruction class(es.) Library information instruction sessions are individually developed to offer students appropriate guidance related to classroom assignments.
- This learning experience is enhanced when professors are present throughout the library instruction and can answer students’ questions in real time. If faculty cannot be present during the scheduled instruction time, the library staff will work with the faculty member to reschedule the event as best as possible.
- Please be prepared to begin at the scheduled time. Scheduling conflicts can force a class cancellation if the class is more than 15 minutes late.
Meet our Reference Librarians!
VCC
Winter Park Library Library Instruction A la Carte Menu:
Do your students
know how to navigate the tangled web of the Web? Do they know
the difference between articles from the National Inquirer and the
Journal of the American Medical Association? Let us
assist you by offering tempting information literacy entrées
to fill the students’ educational hunger!
Inquiring minds want to know...
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| How to develop a
search strategy? |
- Brainstorming for ideas
- How to narrow topic choices
- Identify useful keywords
and synonyms
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10 minutes |
| The difference between
primary and secondary resources? |
- Determine what is an original
source
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15 minutes |
| How to use the library’s
catalog to look for books or media? |
- Finding books and videos
- Accessing electronic books
- Using call numbers to locate
materials
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10 minutes |
| The difference between
popular and scholarly articles? |
- Comparing and contrasting
journal articles and popular magazines articles
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15 minutes |
| How to evaluate
a website? |
- Important criteria to analyze
sites for credibility
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30 minutes |
| How to avoid plagiarism? |
- What is plagiarism
- Understanding paraphrasing
- Ethics and issues of academic
integrity
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20 minutes |
| How to use different
databases to find articles? |
- Using databases such as
Academic Search Complete to find articles on research topics
- Using the Full Text option
to retrieve articles
- Using NetLibrary to find
electronic books
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15-20 minutes per database |
How to use either
APA or MLA citation style?
(Developing a citation for assignments is addressed by the CSSC.) |
- Location of APA and MLA
help pages
- Identifying different parts
of article citations
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20 minutes |
| How to use Interlibrary
Loan? |
- Borrowing from other Valencia
Libraries
- Borrowing from other libraries
outside of the Valencia College system
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10 minutes |
This menu is based on
the Radford University Library Instruction a la Carte Menu and is
also described in:
Benjes-Small,
Candice, and Blair Brainard. "And today we'll be serving...
An instruction a la carte menu." College & Research Libraries
News 67.2 (2006):80-82, 96.
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Updated 10/06/09
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