Information Literacy at the Undergraduate level
a- Instructional sessions to first year students (UNIV 100)
Those sessions aim at providing the students with basic information about the library (services, facilities, and general search in the library catalog, webpage and other relevant information)
b- First Year students introduction to Research Courses
Those sessions are usually planned early in the semester and aim at showing First Year students the wide array of specialized resources available in their majors and that they can use during their academic path across different courses (resources such
as Micromedex, PubMed etc…)
c- Post Foundation E202 & E203
The library works closely with faculty members teaching writing courses to deliver integrated library sessions to students who have a research project to write. Those sessions aim at helping the students identify scholar recent articles in their majors. Students learn how to locate, evaluate, use and properly cite information sources
d- Core Curriculum Research Methodology Courses
The library partners with faculty members teaching Research Methodology courses (in English and Arabic languages) to integrate relevant library resources in the students’ portfolios.
e- Subject specific library instruction
those sessions are designed to cover resources and search techniques in a specific area (medicine, public health, international affairs etc..) Sessions focus on core databases and resources relevant to the subject and syllabus and the use of EndNote Web, citation management software. Prior communication and cooperation with the faculty members and the librarians is crucial
f- Capstone Projects
Information Literacy sessions are embedded in the courses that require a research project as part of writing in the major. Students are expected to select, collect, and evaluate primary and/or secondary sources that support a hot topic in their major.
The information literacy session aims at showing how professionals in their field use and evaluate information sources.
Students learn more about scholarly communication in their field of study.