Research Guides: Graduate Library Orientation: Graduate Teaching Resources

Instructor Library Resources
Quick links to library resources and services for UofM instructors.
Course Material Reserves
As an instructor, you can make textbooks, articles, study guides, etc. easily available to your students.
UofM Open Educational Resources guide
This guide provides information for all faculty, instructors, adjuncts, TAs, and researchers regarding Open Educational Resources (OER), open licensing, and other issues pertinent to free educational materials for all teaching staff, researchers, and students.
UofM Libraries Off Campus Access
Learn more about and troubleshoot accessing resources off-campus.

Request a Library Instruction Session

Before You Schedule

Instructional sessions are most effective when tied to a specific assignment. Assignments allow the students to apply the concepts directly, and make the instructional session more worthwhile. Librarians can collaborate with instructors to develop assignments that meet information literacy objectives.
Make students aware of the assignment ahead of time. Students are more likely to come prepared for a Libraries instructional session if they understand the objective of the session and how it is tied to their coursework.
Faculty attendance at course-integrated instruction is essential. Not only does it create better collaboration between Libraries and teaching faculty, it demonstrates that mutual participation in the session is important to the instructor.
Library instruction should be arranged as early as possible to avoid scheduling conflicts. Due to staffing constraints, we require a two week notice for instruction.
Plan your library instructional session as close to the time of need as possible. The session will be more meaningful for students if they can apply what they learn immediately. General introductions to library resources/research do not have a lasting impact for students. The most successful instructional sessions are followed by activities that reinforce information literacy skills.

Library Research Guides
Incorporate any of these research guides into your coursework. These guides are created by UofM librarians just for you.
Citation Guide
Link or refer to this guide when you're advising students on citations. You could even link to it in your syllabus. This guide covers APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, IEEE/ASCE, annotated bibliographies, and more.
Center for Writing and Communication (CWC)
The Center for Writing and Communication (CWC), located on the first floor of the Ned R. McWherter Library, is a combined writing and speaking center that provides free, one-on-one consultations with a trained staff of graduate students from the Departments of English and Communication.
Research Consultations
If a student is struggling with finding research, they can schedule a research consultation with a UofM librarian to find exactly what they need.