Library Instruction Checklist

The following items will be covered by the presenter during an instruction session.

• Personal introduction and welcome (Hello, my name is ... )
• Importance of having Southwest identification (ID) cards at all times
• Document Delivery (transfer materials from one library to another)
• Access Library Web page (www.southwest.tn.edu/library/)
• Library Orientation
• CyberCAT [Online Catalog]
• Location address, phone and fax numbers
• Ask the Librarian
• Electronic Databases
• Distance Education Library InfoNet (DELI)
• Evaluating website
• Internet searches
• Circulation Borrowing Agreement and Fines
• Periodicals
• How books are arranged on the shelf (Library of Congress classification)
• Reference materials and magazines (must remain in the library); Introduce Credo Reference
• Reserve materials (Southwest identification (ID) card required)
• Copiers
• Computer use
• Audiovisual use (headphones are required)
• Material theft and mutilation is prohibited
• Library fines (can restrict borrowing privileges)
• Facebook
• Ask for questions
• Bibliographic Instruction Survey