Library Research Assistance

Students and Faculty are encouraged to contact the Library to request individual and/or small-group research assistance. The Librarians are here to assist you with your school and personal research needs. Email the Library at library@limcollege.edu for more information.

We are always open to working with instructors to give their student's information literacy instruction. If you would like to bring your class in, email a request to the library at library@limcollege.edu

Please include in your request:

• Your name, email and phone number where we can contact you
• Dates and times you would like to bring your class into the library
• Course name, number and section
• Number of students in class
• Copy of the class syllabi
• Name and description of any special project and/or assignment
• Any other information you would like us to know/consider when creating a specialized workshop

Faculty:  past workshops have included:

• Fashion Styling I--how to communicate inspiration using images from fine art, popular culture, and select websites
• Fashion Fundamentals--presentation on library resources for the "Fashion Through the Decades" project
• Textiles--concepts, images, and text from the latest textile forecasting services (Trend Union, Style Sight, Doneger), magazines (Selvedge, Textile View), and historical texts
• Public Speaking--electronic and print resources, topic searches, and adapting APA citation styles for electronic media
• Research & Analysis--basics of finding and properly citing sources in the LIM College Library
• Professional Communications--the process of retrieving demographic, psychographic, and similar marketing information
• Product Development--research and use of forecasting databases for primarily online course

Students: individual research assistance in:

• Demographics and psychographics information by state, city, zip code
• Researching new or hard to locate fashion designers
• Finding sample business plans in databases, e-books, and in reference materials