I always like it when a professor contacts me in advance and
arranges for a class on a specific topic.
I have a standard plan that I use for all of my classes, but then at the
end I cover the specific assignment. Yesterday
I received a frantic e-mail from a professor teaching two sections of a
biophysics course. He assigned students
to find a paper discussing mutations, cancer or evolution that showed graphs
and tables. He reported that students
were having problems finding this. He
asked me to visit these classes on very short notice.
It was the Ebsco Discover Service to the rescue. I showed them how to do the search (mutations)
and (statistical study). I showed them
how to limit to full text articles that are available in our library. At that point they had to look at the
articles in PDF to find if the article had what they needed. I did this in 20 minutes. The professor seemed to be satisfied. As usually I advised the students to come to the reference desk if they need further assistance.
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