Librarian Profile: Kate Blinn

For students, I can:

• Recommend the best databases and other scholarly sources to search for your research topic
• Meet with you individually to hash out your topic or discuss research strategies
• Answer your questions via email, phone, or in-person
• Tell you about library services and resources

For faculty, I can:

• Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a workshop tailored to your class themes or assignments
• Create a course Research Guide tailored to your class or to a particular assignment
• Discuss ways to best incorporate information skills and library materials into your class assignments
• Meet with your students individually outside class
• Purchase books and electronic library materials needed for your research
• Help you develop expert-level search strategies for your research
• Track down tricky citations
• Act as a liaison communicating the department's concerns and needs to library administration