Dahlgren Memorial Library (DML) offers a variety of library orientations to the GUMC, GUH, and GU communities. Types of orientations include:
- General overview of DML resources and services
- New student, faculty, and staff orientations
- General overview combined with hands-on workshop
- Course-integrated orientation and instruction and library tours
DML Orientation Facts
- May be held in the library, the Biomedical Academic Computing Center (BACC), or outside of the library in campus classrooms, conference spaces, auditoriums, and other public areas
- Vary in length, anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours
- Format of orientations can be presentations, demos, hands-on workshops, and/or staffing an information table at scheduled events
To Request an Orientation
Requests for orientations must be made 48 hours or more in advance.
*Please Note: The start of the new academic year (June – August) is a high-volume orientation time for the library, so we encourage people to schedule in advance as much as possible.
Hands-On Workshops
In addition to library orientations, DML also provides tailored individual and group instruction on how to:
- Access information (i.e. finding full-text journal articles)
- Search bibliographic databases (i.e. MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, etc.)
- Manage citations for research papers using bibliographic software (i.e. RefWorks)
- Create effective PowerPoint presentations
- Use Google’s more advanced search features
- Google Tools and much much more...
To request a customized workshop or if you have further questions, please contact Sarah Cantrell, Education Services Librarian, or call Sarah at 202-687-8874.