Library Instruction Sessions
The Stony Brook University Libraries instruction program nurtures and develops critical thinking skills for the university community, skills that are applicable inside and outside the academic environment. We create and sustain best practices in assessment, pedagogy, and emerging technologies that elevate our services and enhance information literacy. We act as an essential partner in the research and learning activities and initiatives of the university.
Contact Us
- Main Campus: librarysessions@stonybrook.edu
- Health Sciences: refhsclib@stonybrook.edu
- We welcome inquiries about visits from high school classes.
Overview of Instruction Services
We will work with you to design activities, assignments, and materials using student-centered learning strategies such as small group work, discussions, and flipped models.
In-Person
Central Reading Room Labs A & B, North Reading Room Learning Lab, Special Collections, or your classroom.
Online
Synchronous or asynchronous instruction using Zoom, screencasts, and other methods.
Embedded
Custom-designed research assignments, course guides, handouts, and in-class discussions tailored to your course’s learning objectives.
We also offer workshops (online and in-person) — check our library events schedule. Instruction can be integrated into your Brightspace course.
Topics Covered
We will work with you to customize instruction for your class. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Information literacy, AI literacy, digital literacy, metaliteracy
- News literacy and visual literacy
- Databases and search strategies
- Discipline-specific resources and research techniques
- Analyzing sources in various formats
- Primary sources
- Citation styles
- Special Collections research
- Understanding and avoiding plagiarism
- Public domain, copyright, fair use, and open access
Other ideas? Contact us at librarysessions@stonybrook.edu