College of Agriculture and Human Sciences
Research Seminar Series
What
Building the best practices for academic library
researching and evaluating agriculture topics
Who
Ms. Kimberly Gay, Head of the Reference & Information Services Department & Academic
Reference and Instruction Librarian at the John B. Coleman Library.
M.L.S. Master of Library Science, Texas Woman’s University (TWU).
B.S. Mass Communication & Print Journalism, TWU.
 Library Faculty Liaison for several colleges including CAHS;
 Joined TAMUS 12 years ago and have been at PVAMU for 10 year.
 Serves on several PVAMU service committees, e.g., Student Conduct Hearing Board; Women’s
Leadership Council
 Co-Edited: 3 custom-made textbooks in Public Speaking;
 Gave over 50 invited professional library presentations at different levels (county, city, state and
nationally).
 She was appointed to the Texas Library Association’s Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Task Force
committee 2010- Chair Elect 2013-2014, Chair 2014-2015.
 Active member and 2003 Spectrum Scholar for Texas Library Association & American Library Association.
 Active member in several Honors’ society organizations.
 And other numerous accomplishments.
When:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Noon), Thursday, April 7, 2016
Where: CAHS-CEP Auditorium
Abstract
From print and online agricultural scholarly academic journals, newspapers, trade publications,
magazines, databases, statistical data sets, international and domestic grant funds, agricultural websites
(.com, .edu, .gov, and .org), agricultural social media, researching endeavors can be complex and
exhausting. This seminar will explore how to gain the research skills to find credible and reliable
resources to validate your agricultural research quest. The John B. Coleman Library's databases will be
explored and examined for agriculture resources. Topics on citation styles, research questions, research
process, Library of Congress Classification System, and research tools will be evaluated. Gain the best
practices for agriculture researching and resources.
Contact:
Ali Fares, Associate Director of Research & Professor, CAHS-PVAMU,
Phone: 936 261 5019, Email: AlFares@PVAMU.Edu