Category: Instruction

Looking for information about what’s in the library or how to use the copier or DocSend? You’re in the right place! Elon students created videos about resources in Belk Library and how to use them, as well as ways the library can improve your leisure time.

Think you have an idea for a new video? Check out How to make a video and then contact Lynne Bisko (lbisko at elon dot edu) to find out how.

Want to find the videos again? The quickest way is to click on the “How do I…?” link on the library’s home page.

Are you a senior, getting ready to graduate, and worried about finding a job? Or planning to go to graduate school? Or are you just looking for a job for the summer? Elon’s Career Services can help you! Librarian Randall Bowman talks to Tom Vecchione, Executive Director of Career Services, and Rene Jackson, Career Counselor. They discuss the many services the career center offers to Elon students and alumni.  Hear the interview at: http://belklibrarypodcast.blogspot.com/

How do I get a book that I need if Belk Library doesn’t have it? In our latest podcast, Librarian Betty Garrison discusses Interlibrary Loan, a free service that allows any Elon student, staff, or faculty member to get a book or article from another library.  To hear the podcast, go to Belk Library Audio Magazine.

Belk Library’s latest podcast is up.  How can the library help you during exams? Librarian Teresa LePors talks about what Belk Library has to offer during the busy end-of-semester time. Find out where to go in the library to find a quiet place to study, not to mention what the library will be doing to help students from stressing out too much!  The podcast is at: http://belklibrarypodcast.blogspot.com/

Do you need help citing the sources you use in your papers? Not sure how to create a bibliography using APA or MLA style? Belk Library can help! Go to the Citation style guides link on the library’s home page to find online help for the style you need.  We also have citation manuals at the Information Desk.

Belk Library’s newest podcast is available.  “How Databases can help” features librarians Patrick Rudd and Jamane Yeager discussing some of Belk Library’s interesting and useful databases.  Databases with music, images, business information, and genealogical information are discussed.  These databases can be used for both scholarly and personal research. To listen, go to the Belk Library Audio Magazine.

To Faculty: Don’t forget that Library Instruction is available this semester.  If you’re frustrated with students using sources that aren’t scholarly or credible–like Wikipedia–in their papers, then the staff of Belk Library can help! To schedule a class, contact Randall Bowman at 278-6571, or rbowman@elon.edu.  You can also request classes through our Instruction A La Carte Menu.

Faculty: Don’t forget that Library Instruction is available for the spring.  We’re taking requests right now.  If you find your students are using sources that aren’t scholarly or credible–like Wikipedia–then the staff of Belk Library can help! 

How? A librarian can show your students how to find good, scholarly information.  Instruction is available for any class taught at Elon, from the arts and humanities to the sciences.  Got an upper-level class?  We can do instruction for those too, including graduate classes.

To schedule a class, contact Randall Bowman at 278-6571, or rbowman@elon.edu.  You can also request classes through our Instruction A La Carte Menu. 

Are your students having trouble in their research?   Are they using sources that aren’t scholarly or credible?  Do you see Wikipedia cited in their bibliographies? The Belk Library staff can help!

Library instruction is available for fall 2008.  A librarian can show your students how to find good, scholarly information.  Instruction is available for any class taught at Elon, from the arts and humanities to the sciences.  Got an upper-level class?  We can do instruction for those too, including graduate classes.