Web-based instruction for undergraduate nursing

Hope I. Barton, University of Iowa
Richard Eimas, University of Iowa

Abstract

Hardin Library has developed a Web-based library instruction program for a core undergraduate nursing class. In this program, library instruction is provided each semester for150-200 students who come to the libraryís electronic classroom in groups of 25. A Website has been developed to serve as the focal point for the sessions and to ensure that the librarian instructors cover the same material in each group. All materials covered in the sessions are included on the site, so that the students can follow along at their workstations while the librarian is simultaneously projecting the instructor station screen onto two large screens at the front of the classroom. The Website consists of a PowerPoint slide show containing information on library policies and services, links to our online catalog and Healthnet network (which includes MEDLINE, CINAHL, etc.), and the examples used in teaching online catalog and database searching.