We provide information literacy instruction through a variety of avenues. Learn how you can partner with a librarian and include information literacy in your class content!
In class sessions are a popular and useful means of information literacy instruction. Our instruction sessions are specifically tailored to your assignment(s) and the learning objectives for your course. Librarians will work with you to design a class period where students will be engaged with the content while learning to become effective researchers.
Many of our sessions include active learning and can also incorporate pre-session work to allow for more time to be spent on a practical application of the concepts. See the "student learning objectives" tab on the left to get an idea of some of the ways we teach information literacy.
Click to reserve a time for your students to work with a librarian.
Librarians are available to work with your students in online environments as well as in-person. We can host live workshops and class sessions or we can create pre-recorded content. Just let us know what works best for you and for your students and we can plan an experience that will enable them to become engaged with the material and get the most out of the session.
We have hosted online workshops on:
- Zotero
- Library Basics
- Data Visualization: Tableau Data Dashboards (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Data Visualization: Network Visualizations using Gephi (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Qualitative Data Analysis using NVivo 12 Plus (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Introduction to Text Data Mining: Armstrong Browning Library's Victorian Collection (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Zotero & NVivo to Analyze Literature Review Data (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Text Data Mining Using the HathiTrust (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Python Jupyter Notebooks: Introduction using Google Colab (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Phython II: Leveraging Third-Party Libraries (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Research Data Management (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Using DMPTool for Data Management Plans (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Depositing in BEARdata (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Finding International Health Data (part of the Data Scholars Program)
- Finding Demographic Data (part of the Data Scholars Program)
We have also gone into several online only classes to host live sessions based upon research and project needs.
Contact your subject specialist to schedule an online session.
Are you interested in creating an assignment for your course that centers around an information literacy concept? Are you interested in teaching concepts like:
- Understanding how to evaluate sources to determine their credibility
- Defining different types of authority
- The students' role in the scholarly conversation
- Recognizing fake news
- Understanding the information creation process
- Formulating questions for research based on information gaps
- Managing searching processes and results effectively
- Perceptions of information based on format
Let us know! We enjoy collaborating with faculty to help develop these kinds of assignments.
Contact your subject specialist to develop an information literacy assignment.
The libraries have developed a number of modules covering topics on:
- Search Basics
- Exploring Academic Integrity
- Authoritative Sources
- Baylor Library Basics (available on Canvas only)
These modules are available on the Canvas Commons (just search "library") and can be embedded into your Canvas course. They are also accessible outside of Canvas (just contact your subject specialist librarian). We are happy to work with you to develop modules on other information literacy related topics that you deem necessary for your students.
Contact your subject specialist to develop a learning module.
The libraries have created a number of videos to serve your students covering topics like:
- Using OneSearch
- Searching for Books
- Navigating the library's website
- Welcome videos from each librarian
- Welcome to the Baylor Libraries
- Types of resources at the Baylor Libraries
- What is the Scholarly Conversation?
We are excited to develop more instructional videos based upon you needs. Please let your subject specialist librarian know if you think a video would be useful for your students.
Contact your subject specialist to develop an instructional video.
Librarians can be added into your Canvas course. Your librarian can play as much or as little of a role as you'd like. We can create discussions around information literacy related topics, create quizzes, add modules, videos, and other content. Or, we can simply be added to the course as a resource for students to go to for research help.
Contact your subject specialist to have them embedded into your Canvas course.
Librarians can can create customized research guides to go along with your course. Here are some examples:
- CHE 4151: Chemistry Undergraduate Seminar
- EDC 6391: Problem of Practice Phase One
- ESRI Storymaps 1: Fixer Upper Locations and Demographics
- FAS 1302: Writing Women's Lives
- FAS 1311: Modern Languages, Cultures, and Global Communities
- FDM 4341: Digital Media Technologies
- JOU 4340: Writing and Editing for Online Media
- MUS 3325: Music from 1600-1800
- TED 3380: Social Justice Issues in Education
Contact your subject specialist to create a customized research guide for your course.
