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HOW TO
Instruction, Workshops, Tours
SKIL, Stanford's
Key to Information Literacy (tutorial)
Request a Library Workshop
Guide for PWR Instructors
Instruction Program
Instruction in Research and Information Resources
As information explodes into yet new formats, offering a dizzying
array of possible resources to use, instruction in library research
techniques, electronic searching, and the creation of multimedia
information resources becomes ever more important. Stanford University
Libraries offer instruction in a variety of formats: a general
information literacy tutorial tailored to the Stanford libraries: SKIL,
Stanford's Key to Information Literacy, Web guides on various
subjects, individualized assistance at reference
points,
group workshops and some tours.
Instructional sessions for navigating information resources are
available for Stanford's faculty, students, and staff. Sessions
can be individual appointments, small group seminars, or large group
workshops.
- Library research workshops, requested by a course instructor,
are scheduled as a session of that class time. Taught by the
Information Center professionals, these workshops cover basic
research skills including how to use the online catalog, how
to search databases, and how these differ from general search
engines on the Web. Since students have the opportunity for hands-on
searching in our instruction classroom, the workshops are most
productive once research topics have been formulated. Submit
a Request
a Library Workshop.
- Sophomore College or Honors College instructors can arrange
for a workshop which focuses on resources particular to the thesis
statement of the students. Taught by subject specialists or Information
Center professionals, the sessions include hands-on time. Submit
a Request a Library Workshop.
- Library instruction at an advanced level is typically
taught by subject specialists in the Social
Sciences Resource Group, Humanities
Resource Group, and Area Studies Resource Group. Often, such
instruction takes the form of credit courses within a department,
and focuses on advanced research within a particular field, such
as Art History, Sociology, or English and American Literature.
For a non-credit workshop, contact the
subject specialist for the field.
- For individual appointments
- on an advanced research topic, contact the appropriate subject
specialist for the field.
- on a basic research topic, contact Malgorzata Schaefer
mschaefe@stanford.edu for help or for an appropriate referral.
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