A Library Research Course for Graduate and Professional Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Preparing graduate students for graduate‐level study and research

“…Following the widespread and strong focus on information literacy and library instruction for undergraduates, in recent years there has been a growing interest in information literacy instruction for graduate students. A number of efforts have been reported in the literature (Blummer, 2009), including faculty-librarian partnerships (Murry et al, 1997), seminars and workshops (Cunningham and Viola, 2002;Rempel and Davidson, 2008), and for-credit courses (Lowry, 1990;Tag, 2008;Toth, 2005).…”

“…The State University of New York Plattsburgh offers a collaboratively taught, for-credit course for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree that teaches basic writing and research skills, introduces the components of the thesis, and helps students develop their topics and research questions (Toth, 2005). In addition, Western Washington University requires a course in library and information research for graduate and professional students in the Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders degree program, which students take at the start of their graduate study (Tag, 2008). For-credit courses teach students important skills.…”