Librarian Presentations

A librarian can speak in-person to your class on research-related topics and skills. Usually we bring the students into the library where we set up our wireless laptops so the session can be hands-on for the students or we can come to your classroom.

Fill out this Information Literacy Request Form or visit or call your campus library and speak with a reference librarian.

Contact info to get more information: Terry Barksdale, Ashley Carr or go to your campus library.

Course-Integrated Assignment Design

The librarians can work with you to design a research assignment that matches the specifics of your course. This can take the form of a guided research process or simply a pathfinder of useful resources or many other approaches. A librarian presentation may or may not be included. We also can help you develop alternative ideas if you don’t want a formal research paper.

Online form to request assignment design collaboration

Contact info to get more information: Terry Barksdale, Ashley Carr or go to your campus library.

Assignment Review

If you have an assignment that includes research but don’t want a librarian presentation or other more active involvement, consider having a librarian review it. We know of many resources, both online and in print, that you may not be aware of. We can help you steer your students away from simply relying on web pages and toward higher quality sources.

Contact any reference librarian to get more information.

Online Tutorials

The Info Game is tutorial specifically for ENG 1301, Compostion I, that covers Internet basics, developing topics, search techniques, variety of resources, and evaluation of sources. Any class may use it, but the associated worksheet is aimed at Comp.

We also have a collection of links to other tutorials on specific information literacy topics, such as Business, Chemistry, Public Speaking.

Contact info to get more information: Terry Barksdale, or Ashley Carr.

Library Guides / Citation Guides

ACC Librarians have developed a series of guides covering many research and study skills, plus succinct guides to citation styles. Faculty may want to link to these from their own web sites or from Blackboard. Print versions of these are also available for free in the libraries.

Subject Guides

The Librarians have developed Subject Guides for over 75 specific areas taught at ACC. These typically cover basic research techniques; library research sources, including our large collection of databases; and high-quality web sites.

Reference Services

The Libraries offer one-on-one reference help to students and faculty in several ways:

• The traditional in-person service in the library
• Telephone
• E-mail
• Live chat
• Instant Messaging
• Scheduled in-depth meeting

You may want to include a link (http://library.austincc.edu/help/ask.php) to our Help page on your syllabus and online pages.