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Navigating Research Waters: The Research Mentor Program At The University Of New Hampshire At Manchester, Gail Fensom, Regina Mccarthy, Kirsten Rundquist, Dorothy Sherman, Carolyn B. Gamtso

Library Community Scholarship

This essay uses a journal format to describe the research mentor program at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester (UNHM). Librarians, Learning Center staff, and writing instructors at UNHM have collaborated to train class-linked tutors to present basic library instruction in the classroom and to provide one-on-one research assistance to students in freshman-level composition classes. This information literacy initiative has expanded our students' community of learning by providing them with point-of-need research assistance from knowledgeable peers.