To support student learning, The engineering collection and services can
- Make presentations to your classes about information resources and strategies that can help them complete course assignments, senior design projects, etc.
- Create web-based resource pages to assist with research and completion of assignments.
- Incorporate information literacy and lifelong learning competencies into your course and assignments.
- Guide students on how to find peer-reviewed research results, and evaluate information.
- Offer Workshops targeted to the Penn researcher
Canvas, Course reserves and Scanning
- Request a Canvas site be set up for your course
- For assistance with Canvas, contact our Courseware Support Librarians at canvas@pobox.upenn.edu. Additional information may be found on our Courseware Support site
- Electronic reserve materials (journal articles, book excerpts, problem set solutions, etc.) can be scanned and uploaded to your Canvas (or non-Canvas) course web site. Contact Doug McGee, Engineering Librarian (898-8170, dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu) for assistance.
- Put books and other materials on reserve for your students. We'll order books if Penn Library doesn't own them. Contact Doug McGee, Engineering Librarian (215-898-8170, dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu) for assistance.
To Support Your Research:
- E-Resources - Explore our digital databases, e-journals, e-books, e-reference works, and more.
- FacultyEXPRESS to obtain books, journal and conference articles
- Suggest books, journals, and other information resources for the Penn Library Collection, or simply e-mail Doug McGee with suggestions specifically for the Engineering Collection
- Find is the Penn library system's online catalog, and New Books Plus allows you to virtually peruse new books received, either by subject area or by campus library
- BorrowDirect+ offers "expedited interlibrary loan" services by letting you search a combined catalog and directly request books not currently available at Penn; most books arrive within 3-5 working days
- Need Proxy Borrowers? Up to 5 Penn people can be designated as proxy borrowers for you. See the Faculty Proxy Borrower Registration for details
- One-on-one personalized research consultations/orientations in your office or at the library. Please contact Doug McGee, Asst. Dir. for Physical Science Libraries at (215) 898-8170, dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu to set up an appointment.
