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Request Assignment-Based Instruction

Assignment-Based Instruction sessions are interactive library classes led by a librarian and tailored to your course. These sessions teach students how to conduct effective academic research using library tools and resources, aligned to your specific assignment and learning objectives.

This option works best for in-person, hybrid, and synchronous online classes with a current research assignment, giving students hands-on practice with the exact skills they'll need to complete it. They are held during your regularly scheduled class time.

What’s Covered:

  • Formulating research questions
  • Using effective search strategies, including Boolean operators, keyword selection, and filters/limiters
  • Evaluating the credibility of sources and distinguishing between scholarly and popular materials
  • Identifying subject-specific databases, journals, and research tools relevant to the assignment

Scheduling Requirements:

  • Students will have a research assignment in progress 
  • The instructor must be present for the duration of the session

Please submit assignment-based instruction requests at least two weeks before your preferred instruction date. While we make every effort to accommodate requests received with less than two weeks' notice, we may not be able to fulfill all requests. Your liaison librarian will follow up with you to fulfill your request and answer any questions.  

If you'd like to schedule a brief, 15-minute visit from a librarian to introduce your students to library services, please complete our Quick Library Intro form

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