Instructional Services

Library Instruction

Faculty and staff may call upon the library for assistance with their instructional endeavors. The library supports the coursework and success of MSU students, faculty, and staff by providing instruction in research and library use. Our primary goal is to foster the independent use of library materials and information resources.

Reserve the Classroom

Our renovated classroom features new technology for an interactive learning experience.

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Submit a request to reserve the library classroom.

What is Information Literacy?

According to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), an information literate individual is one who has grasped the following threshold concepts:

Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
Information Creation as a Process
Information Has Value
Research as Inquiry
Scholarship as Conversation
Searching as Strategic Exploration

- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, 2016.

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Curriculum Materials Center

Learn about our Curriculum Materials Center (formerly named the Learning Resource Center). CMC provides educators and education students with resources for PreK–12 teaching and learning. Its collection includes children’s literature, textbooks, curriculum guides, multimedia materials, educational software, instructional kits, and teaching aids that support lesson planning, classroom instruction, and research.

Orientations

Students receive basic library orientation in their FYS courses - if they sign up and attend the library session. Instructors can request additional library orientations for their classes via the instruction request form.

Standard Tours

Tours can be arranged for any type of group. We offer specialized tours of the Special Collections through the Special Collections department. First Year Seminar and English classes that request tours along with their instruction sessions will receive condensed tours to accommodate for the size of our building, the amount of instruction needed, and the length of the class. If you would like to schedule a full tour of the Camden-Carroll Library, fill out our instruction request form or contact Lucinda Ward at l.ward@moreheadstate.edu.

Student Learning Outcomes

As a result of a library tour, students will:

be familiar with the physical layout of the library
know where to seek help
be more comfortable asking library staff for help
know some of the services that are available through the library

Librarians are available to consult with you on a tailored instruction session for your class.

We can teach specific databases or resources or any combination that best suits the needs of your class and your students. We can easily adapt our instruction to meet the needs of your course and assignments. We normally are happy to teach these sessions in our classroom, Library 103, or in your classroom (even if you teach at a Regional Campus).

To schedule an instruction session in our classroom, check our Instruction Calendar for free dates, and then complete the online Library Instruction Request form.
To schedule an instruction session held at the regional campuses or online, you may use the Library Instruction Request Form or contact Josh Blevins, Instructional Librarian for Outreach, Distance and Online Learning, at (606) 783-2139

Creation Upon Request

Our online resource guides (also called LibGuides or Research Guides) are just one of the many tools we have available to help assist faculty in teaching students. You can consult with a librarian in building a research guide tailored for your courses and assignments. These online guides include appropriate databases to which the library subscribes and may also include pages created for particular courses or particular assignments. Use the Custom Library Request Form to request specifically-tailored pages for your courses or research needs.

Example Course Research Guides

Governor's Scholars Guide

HON 200 - The Ancient World

View the full list of Course Guides online. Click By Type at the top, then select Course Guides.

What is a libguide?

Librarians build these research guides using the LibGuide platform. You can find all of our LibGuides at https://research.moreheadstate.edu/.

Libguide Features

These are some of the great features we can include in LibGuides.

Embedded links to specific e-books (that work both on and off campus)
Links to specific articles from our online subscriptions (that work both on and off campus)
Embedded videos (that work both on and off campus)
Tutorials on whichever citation style the instructor favors.
Tutorials on Peer Review, Literature Reviews, Specific Research Methodologies, and any other research-related topic important to the instructor.
Embedded search boxes for selected databases (including pre-filtered searches of the library's catalog)
Links to items in our catalog showing their shelf location and availability

Bring the Library directly into your Canvas classroom environment with Embedded Library Services. You choose how deep our services and resources exist in your course.

Contact Lucinda Ward, l.ward@moreheadstate.edu or 606-783-5287, to coordinate Library services in your Canvas course or to arrange instruction.

Librarians teach two for-credit courses.

LSIM 101 Use of Libraries

(2-0-1) Introduction to the resources and services of Camden-Carroll Library including the online catalog, electronic databases, periodical literature, specialized reference sources and the Internet. Emphasis on skills and tools needed for research projects. Designed for college freshmen. Taught on a pass/fail basis (K-credit).

Credits: 1

LSIM 201 Living in an Information Society

(3-0-3) An introduction to the nature of information, how it is produced and valued, the role it plays in communities, and the legal, moral, and social issues surrounding it. It goes beyond basic library and internet skills to discover and explore the conceptual framework needed to live and thrive in a rapidly changing and technologically sophisticated society.

Credits: 3

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