Instructor Support
Library Instruction/Information Literacy
What We Offer:
Library research instruction sessions covering information retrieval skills and
strategies for writing reports and papers, as well as skills to help students manage an
increasingly complex world of information. Before the session, librarians consult with the
faculty member about the objectives of the session. Sessions can be one class period, part
of one period, or spread out over several periods.
Library instruction sessions for program classes covering specific reference tools for
those fields and basic library procedures.
Special topic instruction (e.g. critically evaluating Web sites, job-hunting on the Web,
searching for images on the Web, specific databases, etc.).
Online tools to supplement traditional library instruction, including learning objects,
tutorials, and the information literacy module HOWLER (Help Online With Library Education
and Research).
Individual library research appointments with students. Contact Claire Rasmussen at 246-6085
or rasmussen@matcmadison.edu to schedule
this service.
For more information about the MATC Libraries instruction program
or to schedule a session at the Truax campus, please contact Mark
Luetkehoelter at 246-6638 or mluetkehoelt@matcmadison.edu.
Research Guides
The Research Guides have been reviewed by the MATC Library staff for
usefulness and reliability in helping our students. They are broken
down by MATC program areas and some general topic areas. The Education Research Guides contain resources that may be of particular interest to instructors.
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Learning Objects
A learning object is any digital resource that breaks educational
content down into small chunks. Each of the following are learning objects created
by MATC Libraries staff with the aim of making library research and use of library
materials easier for our students and staff.
HOWLER (Help Online With Library Education
& Research)
Howler (Help Online with Library Education & Research) is a tutorial designed
to introduce you to the MATC Libraries and guide you through the library research
process.
MATC Libraries: An Introduction
Analyze
your search results
How
to use MATC student email
Using
Knightcite and Library Database Citation Features
Natural
Language Searching
Proquest (News You
Can Use)
Using
the H Drive
Deep Web: Using Licensed Resources for Research
Learning objects require the Flash
Plug-In
Wisc-Online (Wisconsin
Online Resource Center)
http://www.wisc-online.org/
This digital library of learning objects has been developed primarily by faculty
from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by multimedia
technicians.
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Material Recomendations
MATC students or staff members are encouraged to use the form below
to make suggestions, recommendations and request materials.
Materials Recommendation
Form
Reserves
Traditional Reserves:
Instructors may put items such as books, AV, readings, sample
exams, or supplementary materials on reserve in the library to
make them readily available to students.
Search Course
Reserves in the MATC library catalog by instructor or course.
To place items on reserve:
- Truax campus instructors: Fill
out the online Truax
Reserve Form
or contact Erika Linzer, 246-6659; elinzner@matcmadison.edu.
- Downtown campus instructors:
contact Deb Diller, 258-2498; ddiller@matcmadison.edu
- Area campus instructors:
Book VHS & DVD (staff only):
DVD & VHS Booking Request Form
or contact Kelly Minica 246-4086 or kminica@matcmadison.edu
Electronic Reserves:
Library Electronic Reserves allows instructors to make supplemental
course materials such as journal articles, lecture notes, web
links, or sample exams available through the library web page
or Blackboard. Some electronic reserve links are available through
the course reserves catalog link above.
Not all library reserve materials are available electronically.
Other Reserve information for instructors:
- Reserve materials may be provided by the instructor or taken from the collection.
- Documents for electronic reserves may be in electronic or hardcopy format.
- Electronic reserves may also include durable links to articles in library databases.
- Reserve materials are subject to copyright regulations. For further information see the MATC copyright information page.
Questions about electronic reserves: Contact Erika Linzer, 246-6659; elinzner@matcmadison.edu
Questions about adding links to library resources in Blackboard: Contact Donna Marconnet, 243-4085; dmarconnet@matcmadison.edu
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Creating Links to
Articles in Library Databases:
Resusable, stable links can be created to a particular article or publication in many of our MATC library databases. These links can then be added to a Blackboard course, webpage, library electronic reserves, or emailed. Database vendors have various names for their reusable links including; durable links, persistent links, InfoMarks, stable URLs, bookmarks, etc.. Anyone who uses a durable or persistent link must have access to the database from which the URL came. Therefore, off-campus users must be authenticated as part of MATC, so an MATC EZproxy prefix must also be added to the database link. Linking to articles in library databases also has the advantages of being copyright compliant and cost effective.
Instructions for how to create stable or persistent links using:
Contact Donna Marconnet, 608-243-4085; dmarconnet@matcmadison.edu for assistance with linking to articles or titles in library databases. Ezproxy
URL Creator
This tool reformats
the link by adding the MATC EZproxy prefix so that the link will work from off-campus.
- Double-click (or triple-click) the Durable URL text box above to select
the whole URL.
- (Use Ctrl-C to) copy the new URL.
- (Use Ctrl-V to) paste the new URL into Blackboard, or a web design or word
processing program.
Questions: contact Donna Marconnet, 608-243-4085; dmarconnet@matcmadison.edu
Tech Academy Sessions
Library Presentations -2006: Cutting Edge Web: Wiki's, Podcasting and Chat reference
Tech Academy -2005: Blogs & RSS (powerpoint
file)
Plagiarism Resources for Instructors -2004
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Last Modified: March 31 2008
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