B18. Special Users, Special Needs: Designing an Instructional Toolkit for Research Assistants at a Research Library
This presentation will share the Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) Library’s experience with creating a specialized resource aimed at assisting library users new to research. Using LibGuides, the instructional toolkit provides an overview of the research process, including search tips, troubleshooting for finding online articles, an introduction to reference management software, and scholarly publication how-to’s. Known as RAT (Research Assistant Toolkit), the resource was developed by CAS librarians with the intention of combining technology and staff to reach out to the Center’s new undergraduate and graduate assistants, as well as post-doc and faculty members new to the university.

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Presented by Kate Scherler, Molly Stewart and Judit Ward; Rutgers University.
Recorder: Frank Jolliffe, 2012