Library:Help for Faculty/Research and Teaching Support

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Subject Librarians

Subject Librarians serve as the primary liaison between the Library and the academic departments on campus. They provide skilled reference assistance, manage the library's collections and provide instructional support to faculty. Subject librarians are also available to work with you to assist in course planning.

  • This ensures that the Library is aware of new research and learning priorities.
  • Collaborations of this nature also ensure that the Library has the resources your students need to complete their assignments and that you need to pursue your research interests.

For more information on our teaching & learning services and activities, see Teaching and Learning.

Your liaison can also assist you by:

  • Alerting you to new resources in your discipline
  • Showing you how to use current awareness tools
  • Suggesting resources for your research
  • Purchasing materials relevant to your research. You can also suggest a book or other materials using our online form


Information Literacy Toolkit for Faculty and Instructors

The Faculty Information Literacy Toolkit, created in partnership with UBC librarians, faculty members, and students, was developed to support the creation of research assignments and instruction that address students' information literacy levels and needs.

The toolkit includes:

  • Tips for developing a research assignment that addresses the five information literacy skills outlined
  • Resources and tools from UBC Library and other institutions that assist in developing student research skills
  • An information literacy assignment checklist that offers a way to reflectively assess your own assignments
  • Examples of research assignments that focus on the information literacy skills of emerging academic researchers
  • Additional resources and materials


RefWorks

RefWorks is an online citation management database. It allows you to store, organize and share citations with others. RefWorks also formats citations in a wide variety of citation styles; creates a bibliography in seconds; and has a very handy footnote add-on called Write-N-Cite. For more information, to create an account and/or to log into UBC's RefWorks account see the Library Refworks guide.


Workshops

The Library and the Chapman Learning Commons offer a variety of workshop on library and research-related topics throughout the year. For example, workshops on using RefWorks are frequently offered. Other workshop topics of interest to faculty have included:

  • Finding and using Statistics Canada data
  • Incorporating media-rich resources in your teaching
  • Getting published
  • Using Zotero
  • Systematic Review/Literature Search
  • Using subject-specific databases like PubMed, Ovid, MEDLINE, PsycInfo and more
  • Copyright
  • Current Awareness Tools

You can consult the complete list of Library and Learning Commons workshops online: Library Instruction and Booking System (LIBS).


cIRcle

cIRcle is UBC's institutional repository "for published and unpublished materials created by the University of British Columbia." The repository provides you with a means to increase exposure to your work - while retaining your moral authority over it - and to ensure that it will be preserved in perpetuity.

  • cIRcle welcomes research and teaching materials from faculty and staff as well as exemplary undergraduate research.
  • For more information and to create your account see the cIRcle website.


Research Data Management

  • This website, developed and maintained by UBC Library, provides valuable information and resources related to UBC's Research Data management strategy. If you are producing, reusing or interested in preserving and sharing your research data, please visit the Research Data Management website.

Teaching Support

Your liaison librarian can:

  • Create discipline-specific research guides that your students can use to find appropriate sources for their research projects.
  • Collaborate with you to produce course specific and/or assignment specific guides.
  • Create online tutorials covering a specific topic that you request.
  • Deliver in-person or online instruction sessions. In-person instruction can be offered in your classroom or at a library computer lab.

Flexible Learning

To enhance learning outcomes for students while offering greater access to resources and services, the Library provides faculty with a variety of support to develop flexible learning classroom environments, including digital collections, discipline-specific research & instructional support, copyright services and much more.

Plagiarism and Turnitin

"Evidence from UBC and elsewhere suggests that plagiarism is increasing.... The Internet has made plagiarizing easier. For example, there are many places from which to copy or purchase material, and simply cutting and pasting text from Internet sources directly into papers is relatively easy" (Academic Integrity. UBC Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic).

  • UBC subscribes to the Turnitin, which is a software program that "scans (a) paper and reports on originality (on a scale from 1 to 5).... (It will detect copying even if a student replaces up to 50% of the words in a paragraph) (Turnitin at UBC)."
    • You are not required to use Turnitin with your students but it can be a helpful tool.
    • The Turnitin website offers a variety of free training tools and resources on its Support Wizard and its Instructor Quick Start Guide.
  • The Chapman Learning Commons has an interactive tutorial for students to help them Avoid Plagiarism.

Learner Support

The Library also offers general support and services for students:

  • Librarians provide reference assistance to you and your students in person, by phone, via email or online chat.
  • The Library offers a variety of workshops for students on topics such as library research skills, bibliographic management software (Refworks, Zotero, Mendeley), and more. You can find a listing of all our workshops at Library Instruction and Booking System (LIBS
  • The Library offers a range of learning support for students:
    • UBC Learning Commons provides writing & scholarly communication support, tutoring and coaching services for undergraduate students. Students can receive subject-specific coaching in the areas they need most, technology help, academic advising and more.
    • The Canaccord Learning Commons provides support for all Sauder students – including MBAs, MM ECM, and all other degree programs – with learning support services and opportunities to hone the skills that will make them successful at Sauder and in the work world.
    • The Research Commons at Koerner Library provides graduate student support with thesis formatting, citation management services and interdisciplinary research discussions (FIREtalks). These services are provided by graduate students, for graduate students.
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