The Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library (LSHSL) is committed to providing library instruction sessions that:

• Assist students in developing research skills to achieve academic excellence and life-long skills in using information effectively.
• Assist faculty, staff and health professionals in their information seeking needs for teaching and research.
  

Instructional Goals and Objectives:

GOAL #1 - Provide students with specific skills needed to complete assignments as requested.

Objectives:

- To assist the user in identifying useful information from information sources and systems.
- To acquaint the user with the LSHSL facilities and services
- To provide the user with information on the organization of the collection and how to access it.

GOAL #2 – Prepare users with effective life-long use of information, information sources and information systems.

Objectives:

- To develop the skills to be able to identify various types of information, how to utilize information sources and the developing and formulating of search strategies and questions.
- To train users to interpret and analyze medical subject headings.

 

LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CONSISTS OF 2 LEVELS:

Level 1: Basic – (Freshman and Transfer Students Orientation) This category includes all incoming students as well as transfer students. These students will be introduced to

• Library layout. Tours will be conducted at the beginning of each semester and/or upon request.
• The LSHSL and its resources. Students will acquire an understanding of how information is organized and retrieved; learn how to determine the nature and extent of the information needed; learn how to organize the information that is used; learn how to evaluate the information retrieved, including information from web sites.
• Library policies, procedures, handouts, and basic guides.
• Various style manuals.

Level II: Advanced

• Specialized resources for specific assignments or course of study. Here, instruction is designed to cover specific subject areas or disciplines for individuals or groups.
• Research strategy with specific concerns on databases, STERLING, medical subject headings and/or subject analysis, and also the broad range of technology in the library.

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