Library Resources for Faculty
- use our Library Directory to find contact information for Library employees.
- Use the Liaison Librarian link to find the librarian responsible for your subject area directly.
- Ask a research question or get help quickly by contacting a Librarian at our reference desk at (604) 599-2538, by Email using this online form to send your question, or chat with a Librarian by entering your question in the blue window below.
Our top solutions for Faculty are:
How can Librarians ....- improve my students' research skills?
- help my students avoid plagiarism?
- help my students with citing resources?
- help my students get started on their research?
- help my students search the web for academic sources?
- help my students identify scholarly journals from popular reading?
How can I ...
- incorporate Library resources into my course web sites?
- access the Kwantlen collection?
- search our journal collection by title?
- place items on Course Reserve?
- access collections at other institutions?
- use Audiovisual equipment from the library in my classroom?
- find out more about Copyright?
- suggest a Library purchase?
Teaching Support for Instructors
How can Librarians improve my students research skills?- We can introduce your students to research information skills necessary to succeed in your class. Schedule a Library Research Skills Class now!
Other Library resources developed to help your students are:
- How to Avoid Plagiarism Resource
- 7 Steps for an Effective Research Strategy
- Get them on track early - use our subject guides to start their research
- Help with Citing Resources
How can I incorporate Library resources into my Course Websites?
The Library has many online resources that you can link to in your course web sites such as linking to full text of articles, or title pages of journals, or specific books in our library catalogue, or subject searches within our research databases, or our chat reference service Qwidget so your students have online access to a Research Librarian directly from your Moodle site. Specific directions with Moodle examples can be found at our Services and Support for Online Instructors page.
Our Collections
How can I access the Kwantlen Collection?
Our Borrowing Services page covers access to our collections in depth including information on library cards, loan periods and placing material on reserve.
- Search our Catalogue to find books, videos, and also to view your reserve material listings.
- You can renew material from home once you are in our catalogue.
- We have over 70 Article indexes - many contain full text articles. You can access our indexes remotely. Our remote access help sheet provides information on how to successfully connect remotely.
- Use the Liaison Librarian link to find the librarian responsible for your subject area directly
- Find out where our journals are located by searching our Journal titles database.
- Our Resources by Subject contain sites evaluated by Librarians. We monitor the sites for broken links and continually update them. We are happy to take any suggestions from you to add to the subject guide for your area.
- Find out more about our:
- data services
- resources to support Research, Innovation and Scholarship
- Stay updated with our Current Awareness & RSS services
Can the Library help me with Copyright issues?
Copyright of print, audiovisual and digital material is a serious issue for you to consider when delivering your courses. While the Library cannot obtain copyright for you, we have brought together some of the more important information in our guides below:
- Copyright Quick Facts - our quick information copyright guide (2 pages)
- Copyright Guide (Access Copyright and Print)
- Audiovisual and Electronic Resources Copyright
- Feature Film Licence
- Guidelines for Using Feature Films
- Copyright and your Course Web Site
- Copyright and Digital Images
Your Copyright Librarian is Colleen van de Voort at (604) 599-2090.
How Can I place Items on Reserve for my courses?
There are several ways to place items on reserve. Choose the best method for you from our Course Reserves options.
How Can I Access Collections from other Institutions?
- Place an Interlibrary Loan and we'll bring the item to you, or
- Get an affiliate card at other Research libraries and get the item yourself. Find out how at our Borrowing material from Other Institutions Guide.
How Can I use equipment from the library in my Classroom?
Find answer to this and more on our Audiovisual Services page.
Updated: 11/02/10
Updated by: CD
