DSC Library Research Guides A Best Practice in Student Research

Research Guides @ DSC

So Many Library Resources •  87,000 + Print Volume

•  Browsing collection of over 330 magazines and newspapers

•  152,000+ E-books available 24/7

•  100 + Research databases indexing millions of full-text articles

Florida Virtual Campus

Why Research Guides?

•  More online students who need anytime

access to intuitive instruction

•  Creating asynchronous and synchronous

resources

•  Discipline specific research content

•  Active learning in the classroom

Why Research Guides?

•  Engaging interfaces and user friendly design

•  Widget based resource development

•  Connecting virtual resources with the brick

and mortar library

•  eLearning and Information Literacy

How Might You Use Research Guides?

How We Design Our Research Guides.

Google Apps

Google Apps

Survey Monkey

Poll Everywhere

Open Clip Art

ImageBot

YouTube

WebCasting Library

Free/Cheap Reasonable Cost Big Ticket

SlideShare

SlideShare

Prezi

Popplet

Embeddable HTML

Embeddable HTML

Mobile

BeeTagg | QR Codes

Virtual + Brick & Mortar

Rachel Owens Associate Professor, Bachelor Programs Librarian

Cheryl Kohen Emerging Technology Librarian

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