Conference Session

Engaging Uses of Course Management Systems, Blogs, and Open Source and a Database as Tools for Library Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson; Michael Fosmire; Amy Van Epps, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

providestudents a centrally localized gateway to resources appropriate for the MET 102 assignment. Itbegan as a discipline-based directory using headings such as electrical engineering, materialsscience, business information, and chemical engineering. There is an ongoing process of reviewfor this bibliography to reflect new questions recently added to the MET 102 database. Duringthe review process in Spring 2005, a second directory based on questions topics was added.Headings such as engineering drawing/engineering design, tolerances,sizes/measurement/temperature, and fasteners were added. These categories correspond to alarge percentage of questions in the MET 102 database. The disciplines that these question topicsfell under were not always evident to