{"id":44493,"date":"2012-10-05T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=44493"},"modified":"2014-05-19T12:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T16:48:11","slug":"instruction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/sel\/services\/instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Instruction at the Science &amp; Engineering Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Library tours, course specific or general introductions to library resources or other library instruction tailored to your class or research needs are provided by our Librarians.\u00a0 Library instruction is entirely customizable &#8211; faculty can work directly with the librarian instructor to design a session tailored to a particular class&#8217;s information needs.\u00a0 Instruction can take place in the library or the librarian instructor can meet with the class in its normal classroom.\u00a0 Examples of topics we can cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to the Library and Library Resources *<\/li>\n<li>Search Strategies *<\/li>\n<li>Citing Sources, including RefWorks *<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating Information Sources *<\/li>\n<li>Searching the Scientific Literature *<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the Scientific Literature *<\/li>\n<li>Searching Patents<\/li>\n<li>Searching the NCBI Databases<\/li>\n<li>Finding Grants and Funding<\/li>\n<li>Preparing a Conference Poster<\/li>\n<li>How to Conduct a Literature Review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*\u00a0 Recommended for undergraduate students<\/p>\n<p>Faculty may schedule a session by calling the reference desk at 353-9474 or by contacting one of the librarian instructors listed below directly.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"liaisons\">Librarian Instructors<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"staff-list\">\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item cf\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/carey-paula\/\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"\/library\/files\/2011\/11\/BU-Mugar-Carey_Paula-001_Alt-e1701530879673.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/carey-paula\/\">Paula Carey<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h4><div class=\"title\"><p>Librarian for Engineering, Mathematics, Political Science and International Relations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"contact\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:pac@bu.edu\">pac@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li class=\"phone\">617-358-3963<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/.wrapper -->\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/.item -->\n\t\t<div class=\"item cf\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/foppiani-mary\/\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"\/library\/files\/2011\/11\/Spring-2022_Mary-Foppiani-sq-615x615.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Mary Foppiani\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/foppiani-mary\/\">Mary Foppiani<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h4><div class=\"title\"><p>Librarian for Astronomy, Biology, and Physics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"contact\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:foppiani@bu.edu\">foppiani@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li class=\"phone\">617-353-9475<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/.wrapper -->\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/.item -->\n\t\t<div class=\"item cf\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/kotula-j-d\/\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"\/library\/files\/2011\/11\/Spring-2022_JD-Kotula-sq-615x615.jpg\" alt=\"photo of JD Kotula\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/profile\/kotula-j-d\/\">JD Kotula<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h4><div class=\"title\"><p>Librarian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"contact\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jdkotula@bu.edu\">jdkotula@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li class=\"phone\">617-358-6900<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/.wrapper -->\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/.item -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/.widget \/.staff-list -->\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library tours, course specific or general introductions to library resources or other library instruction tailored to your class or research needs are provided by our Librarians.\u00a0 Library instruction is entirely customizable &#8211; 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