Test ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi LibGuide: Services for Instructors

The WCC Library offers many services to support instruction, including:

This list is not complete. The Library welcomes all types of collaboration with instructors, so please contact us if you have an idea about how the Library can serve you and your students.

To best assist your students with assignments requiring research or a visit to the Library, please consult with a librarian in advance. Librarians can:

• Help integrate information literacy instruction into assignments and courses.
• Make the best resources available to meet your students’ information needs.
• Create online pathfinders to guide students to high-quality information for their assignment.
• Serve as an "Embedded Librarian" in your Laulima course.
• Help you find resources for use in your classes and Laulima, including books, articles, videos, audio recordings, images and more.

Contact the Help Desk at 235-7338 to discuss any of these possibilities.

The Library offers class presentations and learning activities tailored to your specific courses and assignments. Examples of these include:

• Narrowing Topics: Students practice turning their broad interests into compelling and manageable research topics using simple focusing techniques. (~15 min.)
• Evaluating Resources: Students practice evaluating sources of information for quality, trustworthiness, timeliness, etc. Focus areas can include:
  • Primary vs. Secondary Sources (~15 min.)
  • Popular vs. Scholarly Articles (~15 min.)
  • Analyzing an Information Source in Detail (~30 min.)
  • Verifying Authority & Credibility (~30 min.)
• WCC Library Databases: a survey of our digital resources, either in general (and guided by broad interests of the students) or in particular (in-depth exploration of one or two databases), or something in between. (~20-60 min.)
• Google:  A tour of under-utilized and less-familiar Google Search features like Google Scholar, Advanced Search, and Image Search, plus tips for getting the best results from any Google search. (~20-60 min.)
• E-Books: An introduction to electronic book collections available through the WCC Library, Hawaii State Library, and the open Web. (~20-40 min.)
• Citing Sources: An introduction to referencing information sources, including access to helpful tutorials, models, and tools. (~20-30 min.)
• Annotated Bibliographies: A guided, hands-on exercise in finding an information resource, formatting its bibliography entry, and writing a useful annotation. (~40-70 min.)
• Special Topic Resources: A customized introduction to research strategies, library materials, and online resources useful for a specific discipline or assignment. For examples, see our librarian-created Guides at library.wcc.hawaii.edu/SubjectGuides. (~30-70 min.)

To arrange an instruction session, contact Tara Severns at 235-7440 or severns@hawaii.edu at least two weeks in advance. Note that your presence is expected during library instruction sessions.

Use our Reserves service to make supplemental materials available to your students. You can put personal or library copies of books, articles, videos, and other items on Reserves. You designate whether those materials are available for use within the library only, or can be borrowed for 2 or 7 nights.

Our Course Reserves page has relevant policies, the submission form, and instructions.

We always welcome your suggestions for books, DVDs, and other materials that support your curriculum.

To make a suggestion, use our online Suggestion Form.

You can get more involved by participating in the instructor's "Shopping Spree." Depending on available funding, we invite applications from faculty willing to help us identify outdated library materials in their area of expertise. In exchange, we grant money to purchase newer, better resources for the Library's collections. Keep an eye out for announcements about the next Shopping Spree.

The Library also has books on pedagogy and other teaching resources.