Leverages Infobase’s Acclaimed Online Products to Enhance Teaching, Learning, and Research Skills
From teenagers who just graduated high school to working adults who need new career skills, students approach college with varying degrees of proficiency in accessing reliable information. Virginia Shaffer, Director of the Allen Community College library in Iola, Kansas, believes information literacy is becoming a “lost skill.”
To guide students in identifying high-quality information sources and to fuel student success, Allen Community College turns to Films On Demand and Credo Reference: Academic Core, noting their exceptional value to students and instructors:
1. Aiding student research
- Offer a wealth of multidisciplinary content in both e-reference and streaming video formats
- Use research tools like Credo’s Mind Map and allow students to visually explore their topic and related concepts
- Access Credo’s federated search interface to introduce students to other trusted library resources and take them there with one click
2. Supplementing instruction
- Help faculty create subject-specific ready-reference shelf or streaming video playlists out of only the most relevant titles in their courses
- Integrate courses into LMS or LibGuides with simple linking or embedding options
3. Helping students succeed
- Share how to use trustworthy sources when gathering information
- Communicate how using just two simple multidisciplinary resources, both trusted and endorsed by the library, simplifies the process for students who might otherwise be overwhelmed with options
“The database was ready-made for remote learning; instructors could still find what they needed to convey information when they couldn’t lecture in front of the class.”
In fact, use of Credo Reference and Films On Demand soared during the spring 2020 semester. “In spring 2018, we had 3,656 views of videos within Films On Demand,” Shaffer indicates. “In 2019, we had 3,949 views. In 2020, it went up to 8,288—more than doubling in usage. The database was ready-made for remote learning; instructors could still find what they needed to convey information when they couldn’t lecture in front of the class.”
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Credo Reference Named “Must-Have Database” by Library Journal in 2020!
Praised by the SIIA CODiE Awards judges for being “wonderful” and “highly effective and versatile,” Credo Reference: Academic Core is of particular value to users struggling with the “new normal” of virtual learning. Its innovative Mind Map visualization tool—described by CODiE judges as “fantastic.”
“Highly recommended” by Choice for its “impressive depth of coverage,” Films On Demand‘s comprehensive, curriculum-focused video library provides every academic department on campus with unlimited access to the most essential video titles for their unique instructional needs—whether on-site or remote.
