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Workshops
Library faculty are commited to providing quality, up-to-date information literacy instruction. In our Bremerton classroom, equiped with a teaching workstation and 32 student computers, we provide a hands-on introduction to the various kinds of research tools. Students learn to use tools such as library catalogs, reference databases, periodical databases, and internet search engines and subject directories. Some instructors prefer a walking tour, while others prefer a specific focus, e.g. how to choose and narrow a reasearch topic, how to evaluate Web content, and how to use Boolean logic in a search. We always tailor workshops to your specific needs, assignments and desired outcomes.
To schedule a workshop for your class in:
Course Reserve
If you make a required reading assignment that will result in high demand for certain books, journal articles, etc., you may want to use our Course Reserve service. Once your item is on reserve, you choose its circulation period: e.g. one week, 3-day use, overnight, or library-use only. This allows your entire class reasonable access to a required items. Students may use our catalog's Course Reserve module to locate materials by instructors name, course name, and department.
Electronic reserve is an alternative way to give students access to materials; electronic reserve is also included in the Course Reserve module of the Library Catalog and gives users 24/7 access to materials via the Internet. In the electronic reserve system, you may include short items such as a journal article or a book chapter. Other items you might place on electronic reserve include course syllabi, lecture notes, and practice exams.
In order to comply with U.S. copyright law, items on electronic reserve are password protected to restrict access to enrolled students. In addition, works may be retrieved by instructor’s name or course number, but not by the author or title of the work. To comply with fair-use guidelines, the total amount of materials you include for a specific course should be a small portion of the total assigned reading. Electronic reserve must never be used as a substitute for requiring the purchase of a textbook.
Whether you decide to use hard-copy reserve or electronic reserve, expect to get full-service management of materials. In other words, we want to make this easy for you and your students! Please give us at least 3 business days to process materials before you announce to your class that the materials can be found in the library or on the Internet. Contact Mike Hesson for hard-copy reserve items or electronic reserves.
Teaching & Learning Resources
Books of interest to Olympic College faculty are gathered together in our "Teaching & Learning Collection". This collection is located on the first floor of the Haselwood Library, on the East side of the interior wall between the reference collection and the open computer lab. Books are arranged on the shelf according to the Dewey Decimal system.
Several journals pertaining to teaching and learning are available for browsing in the Center for Teaching & Learning. Otherwise, journal articles on specific topics may be identified using either of two indexes-- Education Index (1964-present) located next to the Teaching & Learning Collection, or the ERIC database (1966-present)
New Materials
Browse new additions to the collection in our Library Catalog. Simply go to the catalog at http://olympic.library.ctc.edu, select the New Books & Media tab, then select "Search" to see a list of what we have added during the past 30 days.
New materials appear Friday mornings on the New Books Kiosk located near our front door.
We always want to hear about books that would be of use to your curriculum and students. Your recommendations receive the highest priority for purchase. Contact Judith Cunneen, Dianne Moore or Kent Mercer , or use our order form.
Bibliographies
Occasionally you will assign topics that are difficult to research in the Library Catalog. If you feel a bibliography might benefit your students, contact Judith Cunneen, Dianne Moore or Kent Mercer.
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