The CSUB Library provides a wide variety of instructional resources for students, staff, faculty, and the community.
Library Orientations & Tours
Designed to familiarize library users with the Walter W. Stiern Library, library orientations acquaint students with our collections, services, and policies. Instructors can schedule a quick orientation during a class meeting, or they can arrange to bring students to the library building for a physical tour.
Course-, Subject-, or Assignment-Specific Instruction
Our faculty librarians are subject-area specialists, able to provide instructional support in the form of supplementary materials and resources, customized Research Guides, or in-class instruction sessions tailored to a course, assignment, or research topic. We are happy to design and facilitate these resources in collaboration with the course instructor.
General Information Literacy Instruction
"Information literacy" is the ability to recognize a need for information and then to locate, evaluate, and use that information effectively and ethically. Instructors can introduce students to library research through an interactive Canvas module imported into their course, and our librarians can follow-up by facilitating focused workshops to practice key IL skills and strategies.
Contact Rebecca Penrose for information about the Canvas module and possible workshop options.
Individual Help & Research Consultations
Subject-area faculty librarians are also available to provide one-on-one assistance in the form of research consultations (30- to 40-minute appointments). Contact your subject librarian directly, or schedule an appointment here.
Online Tutorials / Research Guides
Online tutorials (e.g., plagiarism, popular vs. scholarly sources) may be used by individual students wishing to enhance their skills, or by professors in conjunction with a course or assignment. Many tutorials have a self-graded quiz component, so instructors are encouraged to link out to them from Canvas and/or assign them to students for credit.
Research Guides are also useful for identifying discipline-specific resources.
CLICK HERE to submit a request, and we will follow up with you!
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Collaborate with a subject specialist librarian before the semester begins to brainstorm ideas for incorporating information literacy elements into course assignments and activities.
Link the research guide for your discipline to your Canvas course.
Schedule a library instruction session or research workshop when students are at the point-of-need (e.g., after receiving a research assignment).
Work with a subject specialist librarian to tailor a workshop to the specific research needs of the class.
Encourage students to request additional assistance via online chat or by making an individual appointment with a subject specialist librarian.
Assign one of the library's online tutorials as a low-stakes course assignment.
Join the semester-long GE Faculty Learning Community designated for Information Literacy! Contact Rebecca Penrose for more details.
