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USEFUL INFORMATION

Borrowing Library Items
Copyright, Intellectual Property & Plagiarism for Faculty
Includes MWCC policies.
For YOUR Course Syllabus

Course Reserves

Instructors are invited to place materials for their courses on reserve at the library circulation desk to make them available to students. Link to complete details and Reserve Materials Request Form below.

As a general rule, the library does not purchase copies of textbooks, and instead welcomes donations of recent textbooks and instructors’ copies to add to the reserves collections UNLESS the books include statements that indicate that adding them to the library collection would violate copyright law. HELP YOUR STUDENTS SUCCEED! Placing a textbook on reserve is a great help to students who experience a delay in getting a textbook.

Reserve Materials Policy, Guidelines & Request Form

Collaborate with a Librarian

Librarians help students develop the information skills they need for success in college, on the job, and in their personal lives. Ask a librarian to:

help you design a research project
provide subject-specific research instruction for your students
provide resources that support your curriculum
teach your students how to search LIBRARY DATABASES to find articles for their research
work with you to create a RESEARCH HELP GUIDE for your course’s research project
provide subject-specific research instruction for your students
integrate the College’s Institutional Student Learning Outcomes for RESEARCH into your curriculum:

RESEARCH ideas and examine them using current knowledge

Identify information needs for a specific purpose;
Access information effectively, efficiently and ethically;
Use information effectively and ethically to accomplish a specific purpose; and
Evaluate information and its sources critically for accuracy, authenticity, and bias.

MWCC Institutional Student Learning Outcomes

Distance Education & Outreach

The library supports distance learning initiatives by providing off-campus access to online databases and the library catalog, as well as providing the RESEARCH SKILLS MOOC and additional library instruction. Learn more about library resources available to distance learning students by contacting Ellen Pratt, the Distance Education & Outreach Librarian.

Research Skills MOOC

Research Toolkit for Faculty

Research Toolkit for Faculty
This guide is a collaborative effort of MWCC faculty and librarians to offer tools for improving capstone and other research papers. Get help asking a good research question, teaching your students how to write a thesis statement, refreshing basic research skills, locating credible sources of information, and citing sources.

Library Liaisons

Each academic department has a LIBRARY LIAISON who is both a contact person and an advocate for departmental and faculty concerns. Your liaison can answer questions and provide information about library programs, services, and resources. Librarians are eager to work collaboratively with faculty to enhance the academic program.

We encourage teaching faculty to communicate suggestions or concerns about library services and the collection (print and electronic) to their library liaison. In turn, liaisons notify faculty about new resources and programs.

The School of Business, Science, Technology & Mathematics

Liaisons: Ellen Pratt & Suzanne Levasseur

The School of Health Professions, Public Service Programs & Social Sciences

Liaison: Ellen Pratt

The School of Liberal Arts, Education, Humanities & Communications

Liaison: Suzanne Levasseur