Supplement your class with Vitamin L!
If you want your students to use the Library to do research, please consider incorporating Library instruction in some way.
We offer instruction on: creating search strategies; finding articles; searching databases; differentiating between popular and scholarly sources; identifying research articles; avoiding plagiarism; using EndNote; citing in APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian; and much, much more.
Some ways to incorporate the Library in your class:
*Bring your students to the Library for a workshop, taught by a Librarian. We design the workshop based on your assignment, using sample topics relevant to the class.
*Arrange for a short Library “booster shot”. If your students already have a good grasp of Library research but need a quick introduction to new-to-them databases, or just a refresher of one topic: have a librarian stop by your class. This can often be done in as little as 10 minutes of your class time - and we come to you.
Check out the possibilities for Library instruction:
http://lib.radford.edu/Instruction/menu.asp
Request a Library workshop or booster shot for your class (please give at least one week’s notice!):
http://lib.radford.edu/information/contact-instruction.cfm
*If you want your students to learn research skills outside of class time, offer extra-credit to those who attend Library Survivor workshops. We have classes that provide an orientation to the library, how to read citations and get the articles, academic integrity, EndNote, and APA. Exciting news: we now have a Chicago/Turabian workshop. See the full Survivor details and Fall schedule at:
http://lib.radford.edu/Instruction/survivor.asp