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Information Literacy
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The library will purchase my assigned textbooks and place them on reserve.
No. If you would like your textbooks to be available to your students please send a copy to the library.

100
I can ask the library to purchase a book or dvd.
Yes. Fill out the Request a Purchase form on the library homepage.
Please note the library cannot purchase textbooks.

100
I can only schedule an Information Literacy session if my class is on the main campus.
No! We will come to your class no matter what campus you teach at.

100
The Academic Support Center, the Writing Center and Placement Testing are all located on the ground floor of the Library
Yes.

100
I may borrow books for a period of 3 weeks.
No. Faculty may borrow books for the semester.

200
All of my students already know how to format citations.
No. The library has many resources to help them.

200
If I want to read today's Journal News or New York Times, I can ask for it at the Circulation Desk
Yes, the Library keeps copies of current newspapers which students may borrow with an ID card or access newspapers through our databases on the Library homepage.

200
I can only schedule an information literacy session if my class meets during the day.
No! The librarians are available to teach information literacy for day and evening and weekend classes.

200
I need to be in the Library at a computer to access the resources of the Library.
No. All WCC students, faculty and staff can do research from any computer with internet access 24/7.
Use your MyWCC userID and password to log-in to the databases from off campus.

200
My students can text a librarian at any time.
Yes. There are multiple ways your students can contact a librarian for help.

300
My students will need to rely on Wikipedia for their papers because there's "nothing in the library."
No! The library has nearly 200,000 books and 78 databases giving access to millions of articles. We are currently building our e-book collection too.

300
It is possible to borrow books that the library does not own or articles that are not in the databases.
Yes. The Library's Interlibrary Loan Service will request books and articles from another Library, but note that it may take up to three weeks.

300
I have to call to set up an information literacy appointment.
No. From the library homepage, go to the Information Literacy Instruction link under Faculty Support and fill out the form to schedule your class.

300
If there is no information literacy session scheduled, I can use library room 220 for my class.
No. The User Education Room is reserved for library related classes, meetings and staff training only.

300
My students have access to unlimited free printing on campus.
No. Printing for academic purposes is free for registered students, but their is a limit of 500 pages per semester.

400
My students understand the concept of plagiarism.
Yes, but they often have trouble putting it into practice.

The library offers a separate Citation and Plagiarism session in addition to Information Literacy classes.

400
Can I get help with my own research?
Yes. The library provides an in-depth research service for faculty. Go to the Research Services link on the library homepage for more information.

400
Online, interactive research guides are available from the library homepage to help my students with class assignments.
Yes. Under the Research tab, click on Research Guides to access general and subject specific research guides for your class.

400
All circulating books are located on the 2nd floor of the library.
No. There are also circulating books located on the 1st and 3rd floors of the Library.

400
I can come to the library and make photocopies for my class.
No. Your division office or repro will help you in making bulk copies of your course materials.

500
My students can ask for a reserve item at the Circulation Desk by the name of my class.
No. They must have the title of the textbook or the instructor's name and class number.

500
The only way for my students to watch a movie from the library is to borrow the dvd.
No. The library offers a streaming video service for you to embed films into your BlackBoard shells.
Fill out the Streaming Video Request form on the library homepage to request a streaming video for your class.

500
My students are on their own after their information literacy session.
No! ResearchPath is a 6-part interactive tutorial with quizzes that will help reinforce information literacy concepts.

Contact Beth Seelick if you would like to have ResearchPath embedded in your BlackBoard shell.

500
If you need tech support with Blackboard, you can go to the Online Education located on the 3rd floor of the Library
Yes. While a librarian or tech may be able to answer a brief questions, the Online Education office is the expert.
The Instructional Designer is currently in Room 223 in the library.

500
My students can reach a librarian through their BlackBoard shell.
Yes. If you would like to embed a librarian in your course, fill out the Embedded Librarian Request Form on the Information Literacy Instruction link on the library homepage.