Faculty

Are you dissatisfied with the quality of your students’ bibliographies?
Are you tired of seeing only websites listed in the works cited page?

What should a Roanoke College graduate have/know about information in his/her major field of study???

• A curious attitude
• An enjoyment of browsing
• LC call number areas for the field and related interdisciplinary areas
• How to use a library catalog
• Specialized encyclopedias, subject dictionaries and biographical sources in the field
• Major journals in the field
• Relevant journal indexes and the basics of searching them effectively
• Proper citation style in this field
• When and how to use interlibrary loan
• Important practical tools such as career books and where jobs are listed, association directories, graduate school catalogs
• The most important Internet resources
• How to evaluate library and Internet sources for relevance, accuracy, and authority
• What plagiarism is
• How to integrate disciplinary information into written text

 

Librarians can assist in teaching these skills to your students.  Schedule a research instruction class by calling X2295 or emailing Piper Cumbo at cumbo@roanoke.edu.