Resources and Services
for Faculty

COURSE-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION
Working in conjunction with class instructors, librarians design demonstrations, discussion sessions, or workshops to acquaint students with uses of information resources needed for specific course work and research. These sessions may focus on:

• the use of the online catalog;
• selected bibliographic, statistical, and other information sources in print or electronic format;
• research methodologies appropriate for various fields of inquiry;
• use of the World Wide Web for research, and critical evaluation of sources.

Handouts and bibliographies are normally prepared for each class. Classes may be held in the library or in a classroom.

Scheduling is on a first come, first served basis. As these sessions often require intensive preparation, a minimum two weeks advance notice is requested. Suggestions on how faculty can help to ensure successful sessions are available.

To schedule a class session please contact Matthew Haggard, at ext. 2437 (email: matthew.haggard@nichols.edu ) or Jim Douglas, at ext. 2333 (email: jim.douglas@nichols.edu)

ASSIGNMENT SUPPORT
We are eager to help students accomplish their assignments as efficiently and thoroughly as possible. The Reference librarian would be happy to work in collaboration with faculty in designing assignments that require use of the library and its resources. For suggestions on designing effective library-related assignments, please see the Library's guide "Designing Effective Library Research Assignments". We would also be happy to offer some suggestions for alternatives to the research paper.

TURNITIN.COM
Turnitin.com is a plagiarism-detecting web-based service that compares submitted student text against a database of millions of previously published documents, including those on the public Internet, some library subscription databases, as well as papers submitted to Turnitin.com, including previously submitted Nichols papers.

For more information on this resource visit our turnitin.com information page.

LINKING TO E-RESOURCES
The library offers a wide array of resources and services, including access to fulltext articles and e-books and guides to course-relevant resources. It can be advantageous to provide links to these resources directly from your online syllabus, WEBCT page, or other webpage.

Instructions to assist in the process are available here.