Online & Distance Learning: Reference Services

ODU Reference Librarians are available to distance learners by 4 ways, no matter where your students are:

• phone - including a toll-free option
• email
• chat
• virtual live appoinment

Our Recommendations:

• Make sure you include a prominent  link in your online course to us @ https://ohiodominican.libguides.com/reference/ask
  • For all of our contact information & hours of operation
  • For a personal touch--they can see who we are
• Let your students know we're here for them! One of the greatest barriers to their success is not knowing what support is available.

Would you like to schedule a librarian for an online Q&A session with your students? 

Or have us create a quick video orientation to the areas of the library site your students will need to access?

Let us know--we're here to support you & your students.

We can help your students 

1. Save precious time
2. Avoid needless frustration
3. Learn how to learn to research well & apply those skills in & outside the classroom.:

We can help your students specifically to:

• Find the quality information they need
• Generate effective search terms
• Plan their research
• Identify and use research tools strategically
• Evaluate the information and resources they find
• Learn how to conduct increasingly independent research  

Librarians do NOT, however, supply answers to students' assignments, do students' research, or compile bibliographies of information sources.