I am regularly in awe of the intellectual work done at UW Tacoma, and I’m proud to be a tiny part of that work. This is especially true when a student presents me with a research idea I would have never, ever thought of. For example, a student was looking for resources about the way Read More…
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10 Cool Things: Research Help
Welcome to Week 3 of Spring Quarter! I greatly enjoy surprising you, my patrons, with cool tips to support and enhance your research and information discovery. While I delight in your delight, I don’t want to keep these things a secret! Here are 10 things I want you to know about: I’m never too busy Read More…
By the Numbers: Sources & Citations
101 students 13 questions about citations 3 pounds of butter cookies 5 large pots of coffee Countless refills of the hot water kettle The UW Tacoma Library and the UW Tacoma Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), together with funding from the Garrol L. Floe Endowed Fund, delighted noon-hour patrons with cookies and hot beverages in Read More…
Teaching for the first time
I had the honor to provide some basic source-seeking instruction for a class two weeks ago. After consulting with our first-year experience librarian, Alaina Bull, I prepared some materials and went to class. It was a writing class in which the students had chosen topics and begun their initial search for information in order to Read More…
Introducing the “new” Research Help!
You asked, we listened! Over the summer we conducted focus groups with UW Tacoma undergraduate students to better understand how students here use our library reference services. The result? A lot of amazing information about what your needs, questions, and suggestions are! One priority for us was making it very clear what it is that Read More…