Classes & Workshops

Classroom Instruction

Library instruction sessions are available to support all FIU courses and groups. To schedule an instruction session, please fill out an instruction request form.

Library instruction is available to any course within any academic discipline.  Library instruction offered in the context of a discipline-specific course is one of the most effective methods to teach research skills because it has a direct relationship to the research requirements of a course and consequently supplements the course itself.  Course-related instruction is taught by a librarian in one or more sessions and is customized to meet your course needs.

Customized classes and workshops

Library instruction sessions are specifically tailored to your class needs and are most effective when done in conjunction with a specific assignment.  In addition, the timing of a session is especially important to student motivation and learning and should coincide with occasions when the students will be working on their research assignments.

Librarians will work with you to design instruction sessions that cover appropriate topics such as those listed below.  When scheduling your library session(s), it is helpful to remember that the more content we cover, the more time we will need to meet these objectives.  Please discuss this with the librarian who will be teaching your class.

Possible class objectives:

1. Developing a search strategy
2. Finding and locating books, articles and other information resources
3. Finding web resources
4. Preventing plagiarism
5. Evaluating information resources

Self-Guided Instruction

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