Customized Library Tutorial for Online BSN Students

Abstract

Students returning to school to earn advanced degrees frequently experience difficulty accessing and retrieving information necessary to complete assignments. The authors describe the need, the development process, and the outcome of the partnership between nursing faculty and librarians to provide a customized library tutorial for online registered nurse to bachelor of science in nursing students.

Librarians as Partners of the Faculty in Teaching Scholarly Inquiry in Nursing to Undergraduates at Brigham Young University

“…For example, one method involves online library tutorials for nursing students (Johnson et al 2010), and another uses a partnership with the library to strengthen nursing research in a distance nursing program (Hallyburton and St. John 2010). Tiered approaches are also described in the literature, with information literacy skills taught across the nursing curriculum (Barnard, Nash, and O'Brien 2005;Carlock and Anderson 2007;Dorner and Taylor 2001;Fetter 2009;Flood, Gasiewicz, and Delpier 2010;Guillot, Stahr, and Plaisance 2005;Innes 2008;Morrison and Krishnamurthy 2008;Schutt and Hightower 2009). Interdisciplinary initiatives are also explicated (Morgan et al 2007).…”

Creating Library Tutorials for Nursing Students

“…4,5,7 Presenting information via online tutorials has been viewed favorably because tutorials are available anytime with an Internet connection. 4,5,7 One study found that online tutorials were an effective alternative to in-person library instruction and were preferred by students. 8 This article attempts to add to the current body of literature by describing in detail one librarian's experiences with creating, promoting, and assessing library tutorials for nursing students.…”

“…5,7 Tutorials have been created to help health sciences librarians save time 2 , 9 and to provide distance and online students with library instruction. 4,5,7 Presenting information via online tutorials has been viewed favorably because tutorials are available anytime with an Internet connection. 4,5,7 One study found that online tutorials were an effective alternative to in-person library instruction and were preferred by students.…”

“…There are also many articles in the professional literature describing health sciences librarians' experiences creating tutorials. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Several articles have even focused specifically on library tutorials for nursing students. 5,7 Tutorials have been created to help health sciences librarians save time 2 , 9 and to provide distance and online students with library instruction.…”

“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Several articles have even focused specifically on library tutorials for nursing students. 5,7 Tutorials have been created to help health sciences librarians save time 2 , 9 and to provide distance and online students with library instruction. 4,5,7 Presenting information via online tutorials has been viewed favorably because tutorials are available anytime with an Internet connection.…”