Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Assignments and the Library

If you are using an assignment for your class that requires using a physical resource found within the USF Tampa Library, or a resource that can be accessed online via the USF Libraries website, you may want to check to be sure that the resource is still available and in the same location as when you last used it.

Also, some kinds of resources change names, so using an older name in an assignment may frustrate a student if they can't find it with that name. For example, in the past few months a student came to the Reference Desk and said that their instructor had asked them to use "LUIS". This is a name for a previous version of our online catalog that has not been used for several years. Newer librarians and library graduate students may be unfamiliar with these older names, and be unable to help your students find the appropriate resource.

If you're short on time, feel free to e-mail me (or any other USF Tampa librarian) your assignment, and we can review it to make sure that the referenced resources are up-to-date and available to your students.

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