Guidesheet for Undergraduate Music Students

PLO #5: Identify needs and connect individuals and communities with information that engages and empowers them.

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Competencies for Special Collections Professionals III.D.4: Demonstrates knowledge of pertinent disciplinary and interdisciplinary research methodologies; instructs users in search strategies for locating relevant materials for research; understands and teaches the relationships between research, creation of new knowledge, publication, and other forms of scholarly communication.

Completed for LIS 60601: Information Sources and Reference Services, this assignment identified the information needs and barriers that undergraduate music students would face when using Oxford Music Online and presented a brief guidesheet to meet those needs and overcome those barriers, enabling and empowering learners to locate and use resources independently.