Helmke Library has liaison librarians ready to help you! To find your liaison librarian, please use the link below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Helmke librarians act as subject liaisons to specific PFW Colleges and Schools while also being generally knowledgeable about library and information science topics such as library databases and resources, information literacy (IL) and source evaluation, research skills and the research process, and more. We are happy to visit your class or have your class visit the library and offer an instruction session geared towards a specific assignment or to talk about any of the topics listed below. Please contact your liaison librarian if you are interested in an instruction session or have any questions about one.
General overview of library resources
Scholarly vs popular literature comparison
Primary vs secondary resources
Evaluating credibility of sources
Overview of specific databases or resources
In-class search time with a librarian available to answer questions
Orientation to the Digital Arts + Humanities Lab
AI for literature/reference searching
The library offers a range of tutorials and videos on information literacy topics such as choosing and using keywords, the process of peer review, and synthesizing information that can be directly embedded into Brightspace courses. If you are using four or more of the tutorials, we recommend using the available pre- and post-tests to assess the impact of the tutorials. To view student completion and grades, the tutorials need to be integrated into Brightspace. Please explore a full list of the available tutorials, videos, and quizzes on our Library Teaching Services webpage.
Helmke Library has a variety of resources with information about how to provide course materials at low-cost or no-cost to your students. From using the library's Course Reserves service to selecting Open Educational Resources (OER) for your classes to navigating the realm of copyright and fair use in a higher education setting, there are choices you can make as an instructor to enhance PFW students' access to course materials.
