Mardigian Library

The Mardigian Library has a team of instructional librarians to help support students with research help throughout their careers at UM-Dearborn. The librarians are available to help individual students in a variety of ways, as well as to collaborate with faculty to bring research education into the classroom.

The following menus detail a few of the most common ways our librarians can help. Whether you are a student needing help getting started, or faculty requiring support for a class, our librarians are able to assist. We also have a librarian list organized by area of study, so click your area and find your librarian!

Stop by and see us in person in the Library Research Center on the first floor. You can also connect with us online through any of our contact options.

• For Students

  We can help you with...

  • Electronic Access
  • Accessing electronic resources remotely
  • Research Topics
  • Finding a suitable topic for your research assignment
  • Focusing your topic and creating a research question
  • Finding Resources
  • Identifying relevant resources to use--databases, books/eBooks, videos, and more
  • Using search strategies to find articles, books, data, and other media sources
  • Requesting a book, article, or other media from outside our collection
  • Evaluating Resources
  • Narrowing retrieved articles to a reasonable number
  • Evaluating sources for reliability
  • Recognizing fake news
  • Citations & Bibliographies
  • Avoiding plagiarism
  • Citing sources using the required citation format (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.)
  • Managing citations using software tools
  • Writing an annotated bibliography or literature review
• For Faculty

  Librarians collaborate with faculty to identify and develop resources to support student research, advise on research assignment design, and teach students strong research, information literacy and critical thinking skills. Collaborations are tailored to your course needs and course modality. Possibilities include:

  • Information Literacy
    • Teaching students how to be effective and strategic searchers, using Mardigian Search, subject-specific databases, and the web
    • Applying frameworks to evaluate and fact-check sources in a critical and informed manner
    • Avoiding plagiarism and effectively using citation styles, including citation management
  • Resource and Assignment Design
    • Identifying and obtaining access to books, journals, videos, etc. you may need for your class, including openly-licensed resources
    • Collaborating on developing, refining, and scaffolding research assignments
    • Creating guides, handouts, tutorials, and other instructional materials to help students navigate and use library resources
  • Students’ Scholarly Communication
    • Incorporating source material in finished products, including papers, presentations, and posters
    • Understanding the publishing process and peer review, including selecting appropriate places to publish and share research
    • Selecting appropriate licensing options, including an understanding of copyright and open licenses and effectively leveraging fair use principles

  
  

  Please fill out the Course Support Request Form to let us know how we can collaborate around the above areas. Possibilities include:

  • Instructing classes in-person, or online (synchronously or asynchronously), either in a one-time or ongoing basis
  • Embedding your subject librarian within your Canvas course shell
  • Meeting with students one-on-one or in small project groups to consult about their specific research skill and information needs