A teacher of gifted fifth and sixth grade students describes a unit on research ability in which students engage in a library scavenger hunt. (CL)

Recommends a series of six exercises designed to help students become familiar with a number of different resources in a school library. (TJ)

Suggests a short library assignment researching journal articles pertaining to a student's major or vocational interest as a way to encourage exploration of the library, prepare students for writing more lengthy papers, and introduce students to a variety of material related to specific subjects. (TJ)

Presents a teaching assignment for business communication students involving library research and a process description assignment for technical writing students. (FL)

Describes an activity having students investigate and report the names of acronyms. Presents a list of common acronyms used in biological education. Author found that having students investigate acronyms improved their comprehension of the large number of seemingly complex and intimidating bioscientific jargon. (PR)

Suggestions are listed for using similes as bases for learning activities in science. Adages such as "as wise as an owl,""as busy as a bee," and "as blind as a bat" are discussed as topics for library and reading skills, science, and communicative arts. (CS)

Describes an approach to the instruction of science writing which includes both a collaboration between the librarian and the scientific writing teacher and the incorporation of ongoing and incremental library instruction that is integrated with the writing assignments. (DDR)

Describes a writing assignment for which high school students were to use the Internet to gather information as the basis for composing a piece of satire. Outlines some of the logistics of allowing students to research on the computer as opposed to the library--the problems and benefits--and describes student papers and experiences. (TB)

Describes a unit developed to introduce chemical technology students to basic library research using the resources related to chemistry. The unit consists of a lecture on basic library organization, bibliography and abstracting, a lab with hands-on bibliographic searching, and a follow-up independent exercise in research. (BT)

Describes a program developed to expose college chemistry students to some of the more modern information retrieval tools, as computerized online databases. Following classroom lectures and discussions, students individually develop a search statement relevant to their own research needs and run it in the Chemical Abstracts files. (BT)

Provides a model that maps out five stages of relating library and scientific research: (1) establish an interest; (2) narrow a topic; (3) clarify the variables; (4) refine the procedures; and (5) interpret the unexpected. Provides a student questionnaire for selecting a topic and a format for general note taking. (MDH)

Offers a library resource exercise developed as a collaborative effort between the geology department and the library staff to introduce students to library usage and geological literature. Students can be expected to use these library skills to conduct subsequent subject-area research. Benefits include the ability to address large numbers of…