Instructors have a responsibility to provide every opportunity for success to their learners.  Part of this includes developing an awareness of the supports that are available to students and building these supports into your course design at times when they are needed (i.e. when introducing an assignment). 

The library staff are available to support your students in a number of ways: 

• Embedded librarians – visiting your class at the start of the course to outline library supports and returning later in the course to remind students.  Contact the library to schedule a visit.
• Helping students search for reference materials, refine research questions, get copies of articles they can’t access, and evaluate the quality of their sources.  Remind your students of this throughout the course.   

• Fast access through the “Chat with a Librarian” function 

To best support students, you can include this information in your syllabus but also remind students of it at critical times during the course, and specifically explain how the library can help.   

The library also has a series of “How Do I…?” guides on topics such as using the library, starting research, identifying peer-reviewed articles, evaluating sources, citing sources, and writing help.  Review the guides and refer students to them as you are assigning work so they know what support is available. 

The library also has a series of program specific pages called “Research Guides” that contain resources and tips specific to your program.  Review the content in the guides and direct the students to them as appropriate.  If there is specific content you would like to see in the guide, let the library know!