Librarians are eager to collaborate with you to develop assignments that enrich student learning through the use of print and electronic resources. We also instruct students in the best strategies for locating, evaluating, and using information effectively.

• Request a Library Instruction Class

  • Form to request a library instruction class for your students.
  • Coordinator for Library Instruction: Meg Grotti, (831-6310).
  • For instruction related to rare books, manuscripts, and archives, e-mail Iris Snyder () or Jesse Roosa () or call the Special Collections department at 831-2229.

• Individual research assistance

  Each discipline is assigned a subject specialist for library instruction. You can meet with a librarian in your discipline for one-on-one research consulations or to find out whom to direct your students to for specialized research instruction.

  Contact the Subject Librarian for your discipline.

• Teaching with primary resources or historical documents

  If you would like to use primary resources, or introduce your students to them, you can contact the library's Special Collections Department to learn more about their collections and how primary resources can be integrated into your class.

  Contact Iris Snyder () or Jesse Roosa () or call the Special Collections department at 302-831-2229.

• Teaching with Media

  • Interested in using films or documentaries in your course?
    Contact the Instructional Media Collection Department or call 302-831-8419.
  • Interested in using having your students use multimedia in their work?
    Contact the Student Multimedia Design Center or call 302-831-8832.

• Unsure of whom to contact?

  • E-mail Meg Grotti, Coordinator of Library Instruction (Reference Department phone (302) 831-6230; e-mail ).
  • Call the Reference Office at 302-831-2432.
  • Request a library instruction class for your students.
  • Contact the librarian for your subject; see the Subject Librarians for Instruction page.

• Resource materials for faculty

  Learn how to design more effective research assignments.

• Library workshops

  The library offers workshops on library resources, new technologies, or other topics of interest. This is the list of current workshops.

• Copyright (for your own work, as well as your students')

  • University of Delaware Policy for Copyright and Fair Use in Instruction  
  • Multimedia and Copyright In a Nutshell
  • Resources for Copyright

• Link to the Library

  You can include links to library webpages or links to electronic journal articles in your course webpages.

• Sakai @ UD Resource Guide

  Library electronic resources can be linked from Sakai @ UD and course webpages. For information, see Resources for Sakai.