Attitudes: The Forgotten Dimension in Library Instruction.

Mellon, Constance A.

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ERIC Number: EJ380425

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Attitudes: The Forgotten Dimension in Library Instruction.

Mellon, Constance A.

Library Journal, v113 n14 p137-39 Sep 1 1988

Discusses the library skills preparation of students entering college and reports on a study of students' attitudes about doing research in an academic library which revealed feelings of anxiety. Implications of this anxiety for the design of bibliographic instruction programs, as well as specific instructional techniques, are described. (5 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Student Attitudes, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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