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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 librarians Steven Vest vest@alma.edu or Jennifer Starkey starkey@alma.edu

Additional Links of Interest:

Librarian Liaison Program

Computer Classroom Schedule

Computer Classroom Use Policy 

 

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term ‘07 students explored important cultural sites in China, worked to restore a Jewish Holocaust cemetery in Poland, analyzed ethic politics in Scotland, and studied medieval literature in London.

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Student Profile

Drew Emge

Drew Emge
Graduation: 2009
Major: POE: International Health
From: Bay City
Interests: Health Professions, Community Service

A Truman Scholarship finalist and Center for Responsible Leadership Fellow, Drew has traveled to South Africa and China studying the HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bay City native intends to use his French minor and POE in International Health to improve AIDS care in Africa, hopefully as a physician with a global public health organization.

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