Department Liaisons
Information Literacy Classes
Research Assistance
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Department Liaisons
Department liaisons are a department's primary contact for information literacy classes, research asistance, and collection development.
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Ted Chodock
Research Services Librarian
802.387.6763
tedchodock@landmark.edu
Liaison for Art; Business; Communication; Computer Science; Humanities, excluding American History; Mathematics; Natural Science; and Physical Education
Elizabeth Dolinger
Research Services Librarian
802.387.1628
elizabethdolinger@landmark.edu
Liaison for English, First Year Studies, Humanities, in connection to American History; Social Sciences; and World Languages
Information Literacy Classes
Upon request, a librarian will lead an Information Literacy session either in the Library or in your classroom. Contact your department's liaison to tailor the content of the information literacy class to your students' particular needs.
The Information Literacy Sessions:
- are specific to an assignment and the students' research topics.
- are interactive and require student participation.
- provide an overview of some of the sources that work best for the students' projects.
- provide time for every student to get individual attention if needed.
- provide ample time for each student to leave with at least one source (preferably more) that starts them in their research.
The librarian will often create a Library Course Guide, listing the best sources for the students' research.
Librarians are also available for one-on-one research help with your students.
Information Literacy Menu
Times vary by class and are estimates only.
- Website evaluation & locating credible websites (20 minutes)
- Scholarly v. Popular/News articles (10 minutes)
- Database search techniques (15 - 20 minutes)
- Citation Machine (10 minutes)
- Plagiarism (20-30 minutes)
- Locating books & films using WebCat and/or WorldCat (10 - 15 minutes)
- Using Reference books to find background information, additional sources, and to help narrow a topic (20 minutes)
To ensure a successful class we ask that:
- The information literacy session be in support of an assignment. Please send us the assignment and a list of topics the students may be researching when scheduling the session.
- The students have at least broad topic ideas. It is helpful if a list of the student's topics, or possible topics, is sent to us in advance.
- The students are allowed time at the end of the session to apply the skills the librarian taught. It is helpful if the students are required to leave the session with at least one approved source.
- The teacher be present for the class, help with classroom management, and participate.
- The skills taught during the library session are reinforced in the classroom and on the assignment.
EN1021 faculty, please take the Faculty Viewpoint Survey to help us improve future information literacy sessions.
If you do not have the password to take the survey, please contact us.
Research Assistance
Contact your department's liaison: Ted Chodock x6763 or Elizabeth Dolinger x1628, or Jennifer Lann x6764, Director of Library Services, for assistance in advanced research in your subject area or in the fields of education, learning disabilities, and AD/HD.
The librarian will assist with:
- Literature reviews
- Creating email alerts for new journal issues
- Creating email alerts for keyword search results
- Guidance with the beginning of the publishing process
- Advanced and basic database searching techniques
- Purchasing items for your professional development
Email (library@landmark.edu), call (802.387.1648), or visit the Library with any questions.
