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Touro College Libraries
Information Literacy for Faculty
Information literacy is more than computer literacy and library instruction.
An information literate person can recognize when information is needed
and is able to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information.
Computer literacy and library instruction are important, but they do not
guarantee information literacy. Critical and creative thinking are
the core of information literacy, and faculty are the key to teaching thinking
and reasoning skills. Librarians can help faculty to develop learning
outcomes approaches and authentic assessment techniques that promote lifelong
learning and problem solving. Toward this end, we provide a wide
range of course-related instructional services for faculty. These
services include use of our on-site computers and remote login and password.
They also include faculty workshops, and research assignment and library
instruction.
Computers and Remote Login & Password
Computers
Faculty may access computers in the libraries and
computer labs.
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Consult Library
Locations & Hours for where and when computers are available
for research. These computers provide dedicated access to our library
catalog, ebook and ejournal databases, and quality hand-picked Web resources.
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Computers for email, word processing, spreadsheets, and other software
applications are available in the Computer
Labs.
Remote Login & Password
Many resources on our Web site are preceded by a 
icon. These are proprietary (purchased or subscription) resources
that are restricted to the Touro community. They can be accessed
on-campus from Touro computers, and off-campus with a remote Login
& Password.
Faculty Workshops
We offer Information
Literacy - Your Library and You: A Faculty Workshop (syllabus -
presentation)
each semester. This workshop is an introduction to the library-computer-faculty
interrelationship inherent in information literacy. It is a short
course on library and Internet resources available to the College community,
with emphasis on identifying meaningful information in whatever format
is accessible. It reviews the research process and the methods, techniques,
and concepts that may be useful in teaching students information literacy
and critical thinking skills. For other computing resources and training
registration, consult Faculty
& Technology @ Touro.
We also offer a TurnItIn
& NoodleTools (syllabus) workshop for faculty several times
each semester. This workshop provides an overview of each software
program, complete with hands-on demonstrations. For other computing
resources and training registration, consult Faculty
& Technology @ Touro.
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TurnItIn is a plagiarism prevention system. Once you and/or
your students submit term papers electronically to Turnitin, the
program generates reports with documentation of any potential plagiarism
for you. Turnitin includes GradeMark so you can edit
and grade papers online. When you use Turnitin the first time,
create your own user profile using the Turnitin ID and password
available by contacting your library, then create a class ID and password
for your students. Turnitin can be accessed on-campus from Touro
computers, and off-campus with a remote Login
& Password. For detail on how to set up an Instructor
account, read our Introduction
to Turnitin. For detail on how to submit a term paper, read
our Introduction
to Turnitin for Students. To learn more about plagiarism
in general, consult
Plagiarism.
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NoodleTools is a NoodleBib MLA citation and APA reference
generator. With this program, you can create a NoodleBib Class
Name so your students can share their citation/reference lists with you.
This will enable you to assist students by viewing their progress and adding
helpful comments.
NoodleTools can be accessed on-campus from Touro
computers, and off-campus with a remote Login
& Password. For detail on using this program, read our
Creating
Your Bibliography with NoodleTools. To learn more about citation
and reference formats and generators, consult
Style
Guides.
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Our Copyright
and Fair Use in Academia & EReserves (syllabus) workshop for
faculty is also offered several times each semester. This workshop
provides an overview of the importance of copyright compliance and the
meaning of fair use, complete with a hands-on demonstration of EReserves.
For other computing resources and training registration, consult Faculty
& Technology @ Touro.
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EReserves is a resource used to link to required electronic course
material selected by you for your students. When you present your
library with required course material, we file with the Copyright
Clearance Center (CCC). If approved, we enter links to the material
(ebooks, ejournal articles, scanned book chapters and journal articles,
and Web sites, documents, and databases) in EReserves. EReserves
can be searched by course, department, instructor, or document, and it
can be accessed on-campus from Touro computers, and off-campus with a remote
Login
& Password. When material is not approved by the CCC,
it is placed in your library's reserve collection for student use on-site,
and identified as Library
Catalog Course Reserves. This Course Reserves list will then
be linked on your EReserves list. In addition, your Blackboard
courses that require online course material will have a link to EReserves.
Library Instruction and Research Advice & Reference
Assistance
Library Instruction
We offer faculty a comprehensive and structured program of library instruction
for students as a basis for integrating information literacy in the curricula.
There are several options from which to choose.
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In conjunction with Learning Resource Centers, libraries that serve the
New York School of Career and Applied Studies offer a one-session formal
freshman instruction on library resources and research skills. The
School also requires a college writing course with a mandatory one-session
component on library resources and research skills.
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Faculty are encouraged to schedule one-session course-integrated library
instruction classes early each semester; consult Library
Locations & Hours for contact information. Classes are
offered for lower and upper division courses, and for graduate level courses
in business, education and psychology, social work, the health sciences,
and Jewish studies. These classes cover the reference, reserve, and
circulating collections. The classes may be hands-on and will utilize
our Guides
& Tutorials.
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Faculty are also encouraged to arrange for classes throughout the semester
instructing students on how to effectively do research for a specific assignment;
consult Library
Locations & Hours for contact information. These classes
will reinforce the tools and skills mentioned in the previous bullet, with
special emphasis on our subject-specific resource lists.
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Independent self-help options to suggest to students are described in the
section on Information
for Students. These options include use of our on-site computers
and remote Login
& Password, library instruction, and research advice and reference
assistance.
Research Advice & Reference Assistance
We have developed a tutorial for faculty on Creating
& Evaluating Effective Library & Web Assignments.
The tutorial covers examining departmental goals, setting clear objectives,
teaching research strategies, testing assignments, and evaluating student
research. It discusses how to avoid common problems, and the importance
of consulting with librarians and using library resources to provide resource
lists. It has examples of alternative designs, and links to Web sites
with syllabi, activities, and assignments.
Research advice and reference assistance are available in person at
all the libraries; consult Library
Locations & Hours for contact information. Research advice
and reference assistance are also available by email via
Ask
a Librarian; response time is within 48 hours, except for weekends,
holidays, and intercessions.
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