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Choose the Library instruction sessions that best suit your curriculum needs.  We are also happy to provide learning outcome statements and evaluation rubrics for each session. 

Please carefully consider project, presentation, paper, and assignment time frames as you book sessions.  Students learn best when they can immediately apply what they learn to an actual assignment or topic.  

If you have other customized training needs, please speak to your library liaison or email us library@hollandc.pe.ca

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Session Title: Library Orientation Tour
Session Duration: 15-20 minutes
Session Location: Library
Session Description:

Bring your students in for an orientation tour of your local library facility and services.  
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Session Title: Expand Your Horizons!
Session Duration: 1 hour
Session Location: Lab
Session Description:

Find and request books, magazines, and e-documents in our library catalogue and further extend your exploration to other Island libraries. Discover our “Best of the Web” guides for your program and a wealth of other information on the library website.
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Your Preferred Date/Time: Lab will be booked over a 2 week period in September. Programs are asked to book within allotted time slots. Your  local library liaison will be in contact to provide you with the available lab times for your centre.

 

Session Title: Databases That Deliver
Session Duration: 1 hour
Session Location: Lab
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 Pick from the list of subjects:
 Business and Marketing (includes ABI/Inform, Canadian Business Current Affairs, and Academic Search Elite)
Education (includes Professional Development Collection and ERIC)
Trades and Industry (includes Vocational & Career Collection, AccessScience, etc.)
Consumer Health (includes Gale Health and Wellness, Health & Life Sciences, PubMed, etc.) 
Hospitality and Tourism (includes ABI/Inform, Hospitality and Tourism Complete, and Academic Search Elite) 
Science (includes Science Direct, AccessScience, Sircus, etc.)
Sociology (includes SocIndex with Full-text)

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Session Title: Find & Evaluate Information on the Net
Session Duration: 1 ½ hours
Session Location: Lab
Session Description:

Eliminate frustration when searching the Internet with a few advanced tips and tricks that will get you to the information you need quickly and efficiently!  Once you’ve found the information, how do you separate the good from the bad or even the useless?  Don’t trust everything you read!!  Follow our checklist for evaluating information.   
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Session Title: Business Basics 
Session Duration: 1 ½ hours
Session Location: Lab
Session Description:

Tips for finding business-related information including business specific search tools on the web such as the Business Owner's Toolkit as well as ABI/INFORM and Canadian Business Current Affairs databases for quality full-text journal/magazine articles.
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Session Title: Rx for Health Information
Session Duration: 1 ½ hours
Session Location: Lab
Session Description:

We’ve got the prescription to your health information needs!  Tips and sources for finding health-related information including the Health & Wellness Resource Center, MedlinePlus, and the Canadian Health Network.
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Session Title: Mad About Science
Session Duration: 1 ½ hours
Session Location: Lab
Session Description:

Tips for finding science-related information including science specific search engines on the web such as Scirus, as well as the AccessScience and Science Direct databases for quality full-text encyclopedic information and journal articles.
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Session Title:

The Plague of Plagiarism

Session Duration: 1 hour
Session Location: Classroom
Session Description:

What is plagiarism and how do I avoid the plague?  Learn about the effective use of quotations and paraphrases and how to document (cite) sources properly.
Note: Please let us know in advance which style guide you use in your program, i.e., APA, MLA, CSE
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Session Title: Keeping Current with RSS Feeds
Session Duration: 1 hour
Session Location: Lab
Session Description: Save time and make your research more efficient.  RSS, or Real Simple Syndication, is an easy way to keep up with blogs and other news sources on the web. This hands-on workshop will cover finding and using blogs, the basics of RSS technology, and using an RSS reader to subscribe to feeds.
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Session Title: The Power of Statistics
Session Duration: 1 - 1 ½ hours
Session Location: Lab
Session Description: Do you or your students need to back up reports, presentations, or plans with statistics? Using a variety of products from Statistics Canada, library staff can introduce your students to data that will help them craft a successful business or marketing plan, prepare a demographic profile of their community, investigate the health of Canadians, etc. Contact your library liaison for customizing this training workshop for your course/program.
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Session Title: Rescue for the Researcher
Session Duration: 2 hours or 2 sessions - 1 hour each
Session Location: Classroom
Session Description:

Everything you need to know about how to begin the research process and writing.  Learn how to analyze your audience, ask the right questions, create an outline, and choose appropriate information.  Includes tips on time management!
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