UIC Library Teaching & Learning Support

This page features rotating examples of teaching activities developed by UIC librarians, often in collaboration with faculty in other departments.  Librarians have created additional instructional activities including but not limited to:

• the anatomy of a scholarly article
• finding and evaluating the grey literature
• evaluating articles
• using RefWorks to organize and cite research

​Tina Griffin, Liaison to the College of Pharmacy, adapted a series of SciFinder worksheets to teach chemistry information skills to MDCH 561.  

This activity allows students to work hands on in the database exploring references, substances and reactions while doing practical and applicable searches that are related to their own research subjects.

Val Harris, an archivist in the Special Collections and University Archives Department, developed this lesson plan for a research methods class for graduate students in sociology. This session focused on familiarizing students with the terminology, tools, and procedures commonly encountered when working in archives and special collections, and gave students the opportunity to try their hand at conducting original primary source research. This lesson highlights critical thinking and interpretation skills, and introduces students to the array of sources not found on the internet.

This scavenger hunt was created by Annie Armstrong, Alyne Connie, and Isabel Gonzalez-Smith for the Summer Enrichment Writing Workshop to familiarize students with both the library and library tools in a fun and engaging way. Librarians have created similar activities for other courses.