First-Generation Resource Guide

The ASU Library provides a wealth of knowledge and resources that can enhance and support your research and teaching, as well as help your students succeed in their academic endeavors.

As you embark on your research and plan your courses, you may be wondering how you can access materials, locate support services for students, and take advantage of library services that can support and enhance your teaching and research. We're here to help! Our ASU Library: Faculty Orientation tutorial serves as an introduction to the ASU Library and its available resources and support services to help all ASU faculty and students thrive.

Librarians are connected to each academic program at ASU with the purpose of providing research and instructional support for faculty and students. You can find a contact list of our subject librarians on our Connect with ASU Librarians Form. 

To view a list of library professionals and librarians, visit our Staff Directory. Looking for a particular department, view our "Who We Are" Organizational Chart.

The ASU Library Information Literacy Program is designed to aid in the development of course materials and content, promote critical thinking and engagement, and develop research and source evaluation skills in students. As a faculty member, you can collaborate with our librarians so you’ll spend less time teaching research skills and more time teaching content. Instruction can be held in your classroom, the library, or online. Sessions are team taught with you.

Information Literacy Program Options: 

• Collaborate with librarians on developing assignments, activities and more
• Develop online research guides
• Create online tutorials and assessments
• Create digital credentials
• Embed information literacy modules and library tools into Canvas

We look forward to our collaboration and providing you and your students with research support! Feel free to submit an Instruction Request Form if you would like to schedule a session.

What is Course Resource Services?

The ASU Library Course Resource Services is dedicated to connecting students with their course materials as seamlessly as possible. Our team works with instructors to embed materials of all types, whether part of the library collection, provided by the instructor or freely available online, directly within the learning management system using the ASU Library Resource Organizer (formerly "Reading List") tool. We ensure the durability of library and online links, check that content meets accessibility standards, and remediate provided pdfs if needed.

How can Course Resource Services help?

• Search for and embed ASU Library-owned materials to your course

• Include instructor-provided materials and remediate pdfs for accessibility, if needed
• Ensure course materials meet accessibility standards
• Digitize articles and book excerpts, according to our copyright policy
• Digitize, caption and provide Streaming Audio or Video, if guidelines are met
• Purchase required materials not owned by the library, if available (see Textbook Availability)

Learn more about ASU Library Resource Organizer. To get started visit our library guide.

We recommend asynchronous options for any faculty wanting students to learn:

• Database Searching
• Keywords and Search Connectors
• How to Develop a Topic
• Source Evaluation
• and Other Basic Research Skills

Our self-paced tutorials, which include built-in assessments, can be completed independently by students and are easily embedded directly into your Canvas site. You can find a full list on our Tutorial Homepage.

Don't see what you need? Our team can also work with you to develop tailored tutorials to fit your course learning objectives.