Subject Librarian Services
What subject librarians do at Dalhousie
Each discipline at Dalhousie is assigned a subject specialist who manages the book and journal fund for that discipline.
Subject specialists can:
- take book orders
- conduct instruction sessions for your class
- create a resources web page for your class
- help design effective research assignments
- consult on new courses you are developing
- consult on how to incorporate information literacy into your course
Subject specialist teach your class how to:
- find and use library resources
- avoid plagiarism
- evaluate websites
- search databases
- access E-journals
- research from home
- search the web
Subject specialists can show you how to:
- access resources from home
- discover what new databases and ejournals we have
- request document delivery from your home or office
- access online tutorials
- put items on reserve for your class
- create electronic reading lists
- use RefWorks to create research bibliographies
