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Community ESOL Library Instruction

Library Instruction

Your library instruction will take place in the library classroom and will include browsing the collection.  It will be about 60 minutes long.

How to Prepare and What to Expect

Before coming to class, you should:

  • take a valid ID and a copy of your class schedule to security to get a Student ID card.
  • go to the Circulation Desk at the library and ask for a barcode for your Student ID card.

During class, you will:

  • review the library website and library catalog with the librarian.
  • search for a topic of your choice in the catalog.   
  • learn about the library databases
  • search Health Source: Consumer Edition along with the librarian. 
  • browse the Juvenile and Adult Literacy books.    

By the end of class, you will:

  • understand how to search for a book in the catalog.  
  • understand how to search a library database.
  • email yourself, along with the rest of the class, an article from Health Source: Consumer Edition. 
  • be familiar with both the Juvenile and the Adult Literacy sections of the library.

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