CoB Faculty Resources

Liaison librarians can lead sessions in the classroom for your students on information literacy and research topics from evaluating the quality of the sources they use in their assignments to how to find information using one of the Libraries’ business databases.

We can also:

• Design asynchronous learning materials like videos or tutorials
• Consult on the development of assignments with an information seeking component

The Libraries is also host to Instructional Designers and Educational Technology Services who can help you learn more about pedagogy, strategies for enhancing your teaching with technologies, and instructional design.

If your course requires frequent access to JMU Libraries subscriptions or databases, one of these statements can help convey your expectations to students in either the course syllabus or in a specific project assignment.

Change the wording to match your course expectations and add our contact information under a subheading such as Business Information Skills or Research Expectations.

Option 1:

This class requires students to find information sources for a presentation, research paper, or team project. College-level research requires college-level sources. Appropriate sources include scholarly and peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and well-respected news organizations. JMU Libraries offers a large number of appropriate sources that can be accessed online. 

The librarians who specialize in business information are Valerie Linsinbigler and Elizabeth Price. Consult the Research Guides they have curated with resources useful to each CoB major. Or meet with them in person in Hartman Hall 1060 or 1061. Make your appointment at https://events.lib.jmu.edu/appointments/.

Option 2:

This course requires writing several research papers, and you are expected to know how to supplement your arguments with JMU Libraries’ resources and cite them appropriately. You may ask for assistance from JMU’s Business Librarians, Ms. Valerie Linsinbigler and Ms. Elizabeth Price. Make an appointment for a consultation at https://events.lib.jmu.edu/appointments/.

Option 3:

To find credible sources for your research assignments, try the Research Guides that Business Librarians Valerie Linsinbigler and Elizabeth Price have curated for students in each College of Business major. Ms. Linsinbigler and Ms. Price are specialists in business information. For individual assistance, email them at linsinvl@jmu.edu and price2el@jmu.edu. 

Option 4 (assignment specific):

JMU’s Business Librarians are Valerie Linsinbigler (insinvl@jmu.edu) and Elizabeth Price (price2el@jmu.edu). Meet with them if you need help getting started with research for this assignment or have questions along the way. 

For help with APA citations, consult JMU Libraries’ Guide to Citing in APA, which has some business specific examples.

 These statements were adapted from Wichita State University, the University of Central Missouri, and the University of Central Florida.