Library Instruction: Sample Guides & Exercises

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Library Instruction: Sample Guides & Exercises¹

Library Instruction: Your course assignment(s)

Library instruction is more effective when students have a need for information. If your students have your assignment prior to coming to the library for instruction, we can develop your instruction session more specifically to your students' information needs.

In preparing for your library session, the instruction librarian may create handouts, guides, or exercises that will help students understand the connections between the assignment and useful library resources and services. Please provide us with the details of the assignment and any resources you would like us to highlight when you submit your Library Instruction Request Form.

Library Instruction: Sample guides and exercises(.pdf)^*

All students who take Freshman Composition classes at SUNY New Paltz receive library instruction as part of the information literacy instruction in those courses. Below are illustrative handouts, guides, and exercises for some of those class sessions.

Freshman Composition I

Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*
Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*

Freshman Composition II

Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*
Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*

Building from that foundation, we develop library instruction for other courses specific to the discipline and level of the class. Below are illustrative guides and exercises developed for previous intermediate and advanced level classes in various disciplines.

Art Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*	Asian Studies Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*
Business Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*	Chemistry Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Guide and Exercise (.pdf)^*
Communication Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*	Education Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Worksheet (.pdf)^*
History Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*	Literature Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Exercise (.pdf)^*
Nursing Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*	Sociology Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^* Sample Guide or Handout (.pdf)^*
Literature: Online course (.pdf)^*	Theatre: online course (.pdf)^*

¹Note that these sample guides and exercises are provided for illustrative purposes; they were created by individual librarians for past library instruction sessions. We prepare individualized guides and exercises as appropriate for your specific class needs after you request a library instruction session.