The study of U.S. elections as a part of introductory political science courses has become an increasingly difficult endeavour as students encounter the ever-changing landscape of electoral politics. Instructors seeking to equip students with the skills needed to navigate this complex terrain may look for partnerships with library faculty and staff as a means of bridging the research gap faced by students in these courses. This article examines the efficacy of a course-embedded librarian and information literacy training as a means of increasing student research confidence and competence. The findings of our quasi-experiment suggest that students participating in a course with an embedded librarian, information literacy training and an assignment based on the training session reported higher levels of research confidence and demonstrated the use and understanding of selected information literacy skills and concepts.

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改善学生对选举的评估：使用信息素养和课程嵌入式图书馆员

随着学生遇到不断变化的选举政治格局，将美国选举研究作为政治学入门课程的一部分变得越来越困难。寻求使学生具备驾驭这一复杂地形所需的技能的教师可能会寻求与图书馆教职员工的合作伙伴关系，以弥合学生在这些课程中面临的研究差距。本文考察了嵌入课程的图书馆员和信息素养培训作为提高学生研究信心和能力的一种手段的有效性。我们的准实验结果表明，参加嵌入式图书管理员课程的学生，