Student Research Assistance and Instruction

The library offers an array of instructional opportunities for students including in-person and online reference services and an online tutorial. The library provides informal instruction whenever they help students at the reference desk - in person or online!

See the Getting Help at the LMC webpage.

Information Literacy Instruction (Faculty)

The LMC offers three information literacy instruction options.  A combination of the following can help students make the most of their introduction to library and information resources.

1. Library Faculty Instruction Sessions
   Information literacy is a secondary student learning outcome at GCC. To promote basic research skills and information literacy competency campus-wide, library faculty offer instruction sessions. Sessions can be tailored to class assignments or instructor preferences in any discipline.
   
   Please have your students activate their eGCC accounts prior to library sessions. The library faculty request that the instructor be present during formal classroom presentations by the library faculty. If the regular instructor cannot be present, please arrange for a substitute.
   
   (Schedule a Library Instruction Session)
   
   
2. Library Tutorial (GO! Gauchos)
   This online tutorial consists of the following self-paced modules: virtual library tour, locating books, locating articles, using the world wide web. Students can access the tutorial from the Library Home Page by clicking on the "Library Tutorial" link (at the top right of the page). Students should allow a minimum of fifty minutes to complete all modules of the tutorial and the quiz. Some students may require more time.
   
   (Access the Library Tutorial)
   
   Tutorial Quiz
   A quiz (created in PerceptionT) is linked from the tutorial. Students enrolled in ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 107, and ENG108 courses are automatically accepted as quiz users when they log in (section numbers are loaded in PerceptionT at the start of the semester).  Instructors for other classes need to notify Christine Moore of their course and section number so their students can successfully access the quiz. Students print out the results of their quiz and hand in to the instructor in order to receive credit. (If instructors have access to PerceptionT, student printing is not necessary.) 
   
   (Contact Christine at: 623.845.3425 or christine.moore@gcmail.maricopa.edu)
   
   
3. Basic Library Skills Worksheet
   This worksheet is designed to provide a hands-on orientation to the resources and services available to students (and faculty) through the Library Media Center.
   
   Instructors may pick up a set of worksheets at the Information (Reference) Desk in the LMC. Each set contains 24 worksheets and user guides. There are two versions of the exercise in each set; some questions are common to all worksheets, others are unique. Students should turn in completed exercises to the instructor. The instructor can then forward them in a batch to the LMC for grading.

Independent Research (Class research in the library)

Independent research (IR) sessions - i.e. no librarian required - may be scheduled by faculty. Instructors are welcome to bring their class to the library for independent research during their class periods.

• Please schedule independent research sessions through the Reference Desk (x53112) so that the library may gauge heavy use of resources and work to reduce student frustration when multiple classes are using the same materials.

Instructor-created library assignments

Instructors should feel free to create and use their own library exercises.  Please note the following:

• the reference library faculty will appreciate a courtesy copy of the exercise and/or notification of an upcoming assignment
• unless you inform us otherwise, the reference staff will assist the students in the most expeditious manner to locate answers to their questions
• we are always willing to work with you to create or fine-tune your library assignment!  Contact Christine Moore for assistance.

Collaborative Classroom L-138 (Faculty)

The library classroom (L-138) may be scheduled by faculty for collaborative & library oriented work.  See the Library Collaborative Classroom policy for significant restrictions and details.

To schedule the library classroom, contact the library reference / information desk at 623-845-3112.