Teaching and Learning Support

We work with Northeastern instructors to support courses and research for undergraduate and graduate students.

Students and professor viewing Arader maps in Snell LibraryRequest a library session for your class

Course planning resources offered by the library

Library workshops: open to all! view a list and register

 

What does learning and course support look like?

In your classroom

  • Meet your librarian
  • Single class session
  • Series of visits

In Snell Library

  • 3D printing
  • Archives and Special Collections workshops
  • Hands-on labs developed for your class
  • Recording studios
  • Tours of Snell Library and University Archives
  • Workshops (View a list)

Online

  • Web pages and guides developed for your class
  • Online tutorials
  • Video instruction for classes beyond the Boston campus

One on One

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What do we teach?
 

Engaging students in the research process

  • Developing a research topic
  • Strategic searching/using specialized vocabulary
  • Finding data, images, funding, patents, etc.
  • Evaluating sources/differences between scholarly and popular
  • Identifying discipline-specific and interdisciplinary databases
  • Citation management (styles, methods, software)
  • Copyright and fair use practices
  • Literature and systematic reviews
  • Creating audio & video projects/digital storytelling
  • Assistance with oral history projects
  • Working with primary sources/archives and special collections 

Specialized workshops and consultation services

  • 3D design and printing
  • Citation tracking and analysis
  • Contributing to Wikipedia
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Data management
  • Data plans
  • Digital humanities projects
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Mapping
  • Online exhibits (WordPress and Omeka)
  • XML, TEI and related technologies

Contact

c.oka [at] neu.edu (Christine Oka)
Library Instruction Coordinator
Tel: (617) 373-3316