LibGuides: Library Services for Faculty: Teaching and Classroom Support

Interested in having the Library provide resources or instruction for an upcoming class? Please see the links below for information. Questions? Please contact reference@drew.edu.

Contact a Librarian about resources for your Class, including...
Use the form on the "Ask a Librarian" page or simply email: reference@drew.edu.

Adding helpful resources to your class Moodle Page
- Add a librarian or subject Libguide to Moodle
- Add Library tutorials and other content to Moodle that students can access on demand. Go HERE to see sample options.
- Librarians can help with adding relevant information-related content to your Moodle course page

Library instruction: Consider scheduling a class session with the Library where we can help support a class assignment or introduce information literacy concepts to your students. Please email the Library at reference@drew.edu or use this form to submit your request. Please plan to give about 2 weeks notice before a class session -- that will give the Library time to prepare an effective class.

Evaluating Resources
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This handy resource is designed to assist information users with vetting their sources. This skill is vital in today's online environment.

Designing Assignments for Developing Information Literacy

The Library can help with designing assignments that will devlelop students' information literacy skills. Please let us know how we can be helpful.

Have a question about Library resources for an upcoming class? Please see the links below for information about a variety of options. Questions? Please contact reference@drew.edu.

Putting Materials on Reserve
Reserve Placement Request Form
To request that items be put on library reserve for your course(s)
Reserves Copyright Guidelines
Checking what's on Library Reserve
Linking to Ejournal Articles & Books

Media Library Services

Have a question about Library media resources for an upcoming class? Please go to the LibGuide "Media at Drew Library" for more detailed information. Please see the links below for information about a variety of options. Questions? Please contact reference@drew.edu.

Streaming Video Services

Academic Video Online (AVON) by Alexander Street This link opens in a new window
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Academic Video Online delivers more than 77,000 titles spanning a range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

Highlighted publishers include:
CNN
BBC
PBS
Sony Pictures Classics
BroadwayHD
Royal Shakespeare Company
National Geographic
Here is a LibGuide about it:
https://proquest.libguides.com/academicvideoonline
BBC Shakespeare on Video This link opens in a new window
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The complete collection of all 37 BBC productions of Shakespeare’s plays, in streaming video.
Digital Theatre + This link opens in a new window
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Unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources,
from over 50 world-class theatre companies, industry associations, practitioners, teachers, examination boards and scholars. AFTER DECEMBER 6, 2022, older versions of Google Chrome will no longer support video streaming on Digital Theatre+. Find out more here
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
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Drew licenses selected films on Kanopy. Those we have licensed are available in the library catalog, and by searching the Kanopy site. FACULTY MAY REQUEST LICENSES. SEARCH FOR THE FILM IN KANOPY AND COMPLETE THE REQUEST FORM FOR CONSIDERATION.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
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Streaming film database customized for Drew's unique needs. Features popular films, classics and documentaries, categorized by genre and discipline. Use the Media Request to have particular films added.

Media Request Form
Need media for a class or project? Please use the linked form to submit request or contact the Library at email: reference@drew.edu for options.

Below please find selected of Subject Guides containing helpful Library resources organized by subject or topic. For a complete list of Subject Guides, please go HERE.

Subject Guide: Anthropology
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to anthropology, including cultural anthropology and identity (i.e. ethnology).
Subject Guide: Art History
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to art history.
Subject Guide: Biology
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to the biological sciences.
Subject Guide: Economics
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to economics, including the study of scarcity, the study of how people use resources and respond to incentives, or the study of decision-making (description adapted from the American Economic Assn).
Subject Guide: Environmental studies
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to environmental science and conservation.
Subject Guide: French
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to the french language, culture, literature, and more.
Subject Guide: History
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to history, including both recent and ancient.
Subject Guide: Mathematics
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to mathematics, data, statistics and more.
Subject Guide: Media and Communications
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to media studies, encompassing sociological, psychological, historical,and other perspectives.
Subject Guide: Music
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to music.
Subject Guide: Philosophy
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to philosophy.
Subject Guide: Physics
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to physics, including the structure of matter and how the fundamental constituents of the universe interact (description adapted from Britannica.com).
Subject Guide: Political Science
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to study of governments, public policies and political behavior both in the United States and abroad (description adapted from the American Political Science Assn).
Subject Guide: Psychology
Drew Library's suggested resources for researchig topics related to psychology.
Subject Guide: Public Health
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to public health, including global health issues and diseases.
Subject Guide: Sociology
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to sociology, e.g. the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior (def'n adapted from asanet.org)
Subject Guide: Spanish
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to the spanish language, culture, literature, and more.
Subject Guide: Theater
Drew Library's suggested resources for researching topics related to theater.

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