1. Link to LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
2. Link to INSTRUCTION COORDINATORS Form
3. Link Workshops page
4. Link to ATC

About the instruction program

The library's instruction mission is to enhance learning and integrate information competency into the curriculum. Library staff partner with faculty and other instructors to help all members of the academic community to find their way into collections, and to master research techniques and methods. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we help them learn the skills needed to find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources from the Cornell University Library and beyond, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion.

We do this by Cornell University Library offers flexible, standards-based instruction to assist students with finding, evaluating and using research (USE THE LANGUAGE FROM THE BROCHURE.) Librarians will work with you to determine the best type of instruction for your class...Information competency is an essential skill for all students to develop. CUL's strategic plan emphasizes information competency...In addition to the work we do in the library to assist students and faculty, we also have extensive experience teaching in the classroom and creating online guides, tutorials and videos to demonstrate finding and ethically integrating information into coursework.

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Learning Outcomes:

• Students will develop an understanding of how scholarly information is formally and informally produced, organized and disseminated in order to select appropriate research tools and resources relevant to their field of inquiry.
• Students will find and use relevant information available from the Library collections, the internet, and other sources in order to confidently access needed information effectively and efficiently.
• Students will be able to evaluate information sources critically according to selected criteria (such as authority, currency, bias, etc) in order to select appropriate sources to inform their research.
• Students will analyze and synthesize the information they find in order to accomplish a specific purpose (a paper, presentation, movie, etc.).
• Students will develop an understanding of the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of information in order to use, cite, and acknowledge information sources appropriately