CALS Faculty Services Guide
Library Services for CALS Faculty
NCSU Libraries offers many services to assist faculty and graduate
students with research and teaching.
As a reference librarian for the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, I am pleased to offer the services described below. I
invite and encourage you to take advantage of any or all of them.
Within CALS, my subject and department areas include: Agriculture,
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Botany, Crop Science, Genetics,
Genomics, Horticultural Science, Plant Pathology, and Soil Science.
Please contact me to discuss ways that I can assist you with your
research and teaching programs.
RESEARCH SERVICES
I can provide a variety of services to support your research program
by helping locate relevant information and making your information
gathering activities more effective. Please feel free to call me for
large or small information needs. Services include:
- Consultations on resources and search techniques relevant to
your research areas
- In-depth searching in specialized databases
- Database instruction and trouble-shooting
- Fact finding and citation checking
- Alerts (current awareness) for new publications (articles/books)
on specific topics
- Library research and database training for graduate students
and research assistants. I can make a presentation to your lab/research
group.
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COURSE-RELATED INSTRUCTION
I can provide customized library instruction to your classes to
help students with library research methods and effective use of the
NCSU Libraries' print and electronic resources and the Internet. Options
for instructional assistance range from preparation of web guides
to hands-on instruction in database searching. Services include:
- Course and subject-specific orientation or instruction sessions
covering relevant resources and library research skills/methods,
as well as how to select and evaluate resources. Sessions can
be held in your classroom or the DH Hill Library computer classroom.
- Preparation of custom web pages to facilitate student access
to the best library resources for their course projects and research.
- Identification of information resources such as databases, web
sites, electronic journals, and books to add value to your class
web pages.
- Consultation and instruction for graduate students writing literature
reviews for proposals and theses.
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LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT SERVICES
I can work with you to make certain that library assignments are
effective learning experiences based on available library resources
and useful research methods. Collaboration helps generate assignments
that use the best possible resources and also lets us make arrangements
within the library to meet the needs of the assignment. Services include:
- Consultation or collaboration to design effective library assignments.
- Preview library assignments to verify that resources are available
and to identify other resources or possible problems.
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LIBRARY TOURS
I can provide tours of the DH Hill Library with a focus on the
relevant resources available in the Reference area. Tours can also
be combined with database/research instruction in the library computer
labs.
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How to Arrange for Assistance
Please contact me to review your needs and schedule a date for
instruction sessions as soon as you begin to plan your syllabus
for the next term. It is to your advantage to consult with me prior
to the start of the semester because available times for instruction
and/or computer lab use fill up quickly.
Classroom presentations, creation of web pages, and consultation
on the design of library assignments generally require a two-week
lead time.
Please call or e-mail me with any questions or requests for services.
I look forward to working with you.
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