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Faculty & Staff Resources: Instruction

Overview of resources and services available through the Full Sail Library.

Instruction Overview

The Full Sail Library Team collaborates with educators to teach information competencies, research skills, and lifelong learning skills that students can transfer to other courses and apply beyond the University environment. Information literacy skills are one of the foundational building blocks for student success. The Library Team is also committed to supporting the work of faculty in their roles as educators and researchers and as working professionals.

Instruction Topics Menu

Online and face-to-face sessions include searching and database selection tips and techniques, critical evaluation of resources, and citation assistance. While library instruction is customized for your individual class, the Library team can cover any of the following:

Process

  • Information Cycle
  • Developing a Topic
  • Distinguishing Between Popular and Scholarly Articles
  • Effective Search Strategies
  • Evaluation of Search Results
  • Evaluation of Web Information
  • Advanced Google Searching

Resources

  • Library Catalog In-Depth
  • General Interest Databases
  • Specialized Research Databases
  • Images, Audio & Sound
  • News & Business

Organizing & Managing Information

  • Managing Electronic Information
  • Using Citation Generators
  • Ethical Use of Information

Need Help? Schedule a Research Consultation

Full Sail Library Instructional Program

The Full Sail Library offers comprehensive research support that encourages students to question, learn, and grow academically, personally, and professionally. We provide expert assistance navigating the range of resources available through the library through in-person and online consultation and education. Library instruction sessions teach students to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively and ethically. Individualized research assistance helps students become familiar with the research process at their point of need.

Library instruction is offered online and in-person.  Instruction is available Monday through Friday, excluding the week of Welcome to Campus/New Student Orientation. In order to prepare for your specific classes, please request your instruction a minimum of 48 hours in advance of your preferred date.

If you're interested in requesting library instruction for your class, click here to complete the request form.

On Demand Tutorials

The Library Team has prepared a series of on-demand videos, presenting information, strategies, and instruction for using library resources.

Click on the links below to view short videos about access and using library resources

Information Competency

Information competencies are the foundation from which students build the skills to establish a successful future. The Full Sail University Library seeks to foster information literacy skills in both undergraduate and graduate students, through quality online and in-person instruction that will enable them to locate, evaluate, and effectively use information.

Library Instruction Program Goals

  • To foster and enhance the pursuit of knowledge for academic, personal, and professional growth;
  • To provide students and faculty with the tools, resources, and research skills necessary to complete course assignments and prepare professional portfolios;
  • To educate students to recognize the need for information, understand the organization of knowledge, gather data using a variety of media and technologies, and to evaluate the relevance and authority of information in all its forms;
  • To prepare students to think critically as they seek and use information;
  • To promote ethical and appropriate use of information and information technology;
  • To collaborate with faculty and staff to promote information literacy across the curriculum