Maag Library Instruction Request Form

Please use the form below to request a library instruction session, whether at Maag Library or in your classroom. We ask that you accompany your class to all sessions. Please give us at least a week’s advance notice of the class. Keep in mind that the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th weeks of the semester are the busiest for library instruction, so consider scheduling your library instruction later in the semester.

Please submit separate forms for each class. Once you submit this form, Rebecca Roberts will schedule the class or refer your request to the appropriate librarian. A librarian will then contact you to confirm the date and content of your session. If you have questions, please call the reference office at 330-941-3680. Thank you!

Composition Library Instruction Request Form

Part I: Your Class Information

Instructor’s Name:

E-mail Address:

Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:

Course Name and Number:

Course Time: AM PM

Preferred Location of Session: Maag instruction lab. (If you’d like a building tour, select

this option.)

Your classroom/lab. Please indicate building and room #:

Preferred Date of Session:

Alternate Date of Session:

Number of Students:

The library occasionally asks classes to complete a brief evaluation form about the instruction session. If needed, would you allow your class to take part in an evaluation? Yes No

Part II: Instruction Session Options

Please select the instruction you would like presented. Be sure to notice time constraints!

Library Instruction Level I (35-40 min. Recommended for R&SK, Eng. 1539/40)

Includes:

Discussion of “library survival” topics, i.e. barcodes, elevators, A floors, circulation and computer lab policies, “Your library Record”, and basic library website navigation
Basic instruction on searching MaagNet
Building tour with written exercise

Library Instruction Level II (25-30 min. Recommended for Eng. 1550)

Includes:

· Searching MaagNet and OhioLINK

· Discussion of the difference between keywords and “natural language”

· Class exercise on developing a simple search statement using keywords and Boolean operators

· Using one database to find articles on a topic

· Discussion about the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly publications

Library Instruction Level III* (30-35 min. Recommended for Eng. 1551)

Includes:

Developing a research strategy
Brief MaagNet and OhioLINK refresher
Class exercise on formulating a search statement using more sophisticated functions such as limiting, Boolean operators, and truncation
Advanced library searching—EJC, Reference, Serials, Gov. docs, database(s)
Evaluating information resources

*Please assign students scholarly research topics in advance!

Specialized Sessions. (Time requirements will vary. Recommended for upper division courses.) Instructors work directly with a librarian to use

individual databases and unique resources to create sessions geared to specific assignments or projects.

Questions or Comments: