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Library Instructions for Teaching

Library Instructions for Teaching

The University Library offers the University's students and academic staff a comprehensive programme of instruction in literature research and reference management.

As a central component of the BIS's interdisciplinary instruction service, the subject librarians offer subject-specific training sessions to help you teach research skills (e.g. researching specialised databases). We develop the training sessions in consultation with you and integrate them into your course.

Course-integrated instruction - Possible training concepts

Starting your studies: introduction to subject-specific materials

Objectives
To introduce first-year students to the professional tools the University Library offers in a subject-specific context:

  • knowledge of subject-specific information on offer
  • proficiency in using search tools
  • knowledge of appropriate search strategies
  • a critical approach to search results

Content
The main focus can be individually determined.

  • searches in the Library catalogue and library network catalogues
  • subject-specific databases for searching for literature and researching facts
  • electronic journals
  • web recommendations
  • interlibrary loans/document delivery (basics)
  • processing search results

Duration
90 minutes

Course-integrated: Subject-specific research workshop integrated into a course

Objectives
To brush up participants' literature research skills as well as teach them about specialised sources of information for an in-depth approach to a new research topic.

Content
The main focus can be individually determined.

  • subject-specific databases for searching for literature and researching facts
  • subject-specific databases focusing on a selected topic
  • subject-relevant materials: reference works, lexicons, collections of source material, websites, e-books, ...

Duration
60 to 90 minutes

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