Reference librarians have a commitment to instructing students, faculty, and staff in the effective identification and use of information resources. All students receive formal library instruction in Senior Seminar.  Students who take English 1101 (the five-hour introduction to Freshman Composition) typically receive a 50-minute one-shot introduction to CML's most popular research databases, Academic Search Complete and LexisNexis.  The English faculty anticipate that students who place in English 1102 will need no formal instruction from librarians.  All students are encouraged to review the Research Strategies webpages. 

Reference librarians offer many course-related library instruction sessions each semester, which cover basic and advanced research sources and strategies.  These sessions are planned in collaboration with the faculty member, so that the instruction is directly relevant to the particular course topics and assignments.

Contact your library liaison to schedule library orientations for your classes.

A one credit-hour class,  English 1100 "Information Access for the Undergraduate," is taught by a librarian.  See the course schedule for sections offered each semester.