Instruction

Library Instruction Mission Statement:

The library instruction program is designed to prepare students to perform research and evaluate information in order to prepare them for their classes here at Alma and to aid them in their lifelong research needs.

Topics covered by library instruction courses include:

  • Evaluation of web, database and print resources
  • Choosing and narrowing research topics
  • Effective choice and use of electronic and print indexes
  • Effective web searching
  • Use of library catalogs
  • Location of books and other print materials
  • Use of Interlibrary loan
  • Use of microfilm resources

How to Schedule an Instruction Session:

Contact Steven Vest vest@alma.edu or x7344.

Additional Links of Interest:

Librarian Liaison Program

Computer Classrooms Use Policy

 

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Student Profile

Carrie Frame

Carrie Frame
Graduation: 2013
Major: English

While Carrie Frame is a writer who prefers the creative possibilities of fiction over nonfiction, she’s nonetheless enjoying the opportunity to draft a true story for herself at Alma College.

As an English major and writing minor, she has plenty of time to keep penning, penciling, scribbling and scrawling ideas from her imagination during class.

“It’s hard to find time to write recreationally in college, so I made the decision to take classes in writing,” she says. “That way, I’m earning credits and working toward my degree but also doing what I love.”

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