The first-year instruction program has been built in a Canvas course site as modules to accommodate distance learners.
This includes a Library Introduction, Searching, Evaluation, Plagiarism, and Citation module.
The modules are self-paced and assessments are self-graded.
Health Sciences: Distance instruction is built in a Canvas course site as a graduate health sciences set of modules. These are to be completed in order to introduce the library, teach students about searching the medical literature, and guide them in selecting reliable resources to complete their academic assignments. It also provides a review of the skills needed to avoid plagiarism and a module on APA citation.
The modules are self-paced and assessments are self-graded.
Saint Francis University Library provides online access to information in a rich array of resources supporting your academic research, including thousands of e-journals and over seventy article databases. You can access the content of these information resources off campus by logging in with your University login and password and you can request articles not available at our library through Interlibrary Loan (follow the link First Time Users to create your account).
For assistance with research and using library resources, librarians are here to help! Each one is assigned to several departments on campus; send “your librarian” an email so that a mutually agreeable time can be arranged to discuss your needs. Also, the librarians have created guides to research, called Research Guides. You may find the answer to your questions by browsing our FAQ or feel free to submit a question to be answered by one of our librarians during normal business hours.
General library questions or account information can be discussed with the Circulation Desk at 1-(814) 472-3160. We will be glad to get your number and call you back.
Saint Francis University Library provides online access to information in a rich array of resources supporting the curriculum and academic research, including thousands of e-journals and over seventy article databases. You can access the content of these information resources off campus by logging in with your University login and password and you can request articles not available at our library through Interlibrary Loan (follow the link First Time Users to create your account).
Work with your discipline’s Library Liaison to…
Please call or send an email so that we can arrange a mutually agreeable time when we can discuss your needs.
General library questions or account information can be discussed with the Circulation Desk at 1-(814) 472-3160. We will be glad to get your number and call you back.