This workbook, designed for a Library Research course at Yavapai College, provides 15 lessons in advanced library reference skills. Each lesson provides explanatory text and reinforcement exercises. After Lesson I introduces specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias (e.g., for foreign languages, medicine, music, economics, social sciences, and…

Designed to support a 2-credit course required of Brigham Young University-Hawaii students prior to graduation, this syllabus provides a consolidated library instruction package for students in English 111W--Library Skills and Research Writing--which is taught jointly by librarians and English faculty. The syllabus is written to be easily…

The Dartmouth College Library has produced this slide/tape individualized instruction module to assist students in researching historical problems. The 79-slide lesson begins with methods of organizing a search and continues through collecting information and analyzing the utility of research strategy. Information sources cited include numerous…

Directed toward students in freshman English courses, this guide to the basic skills in using the library is composed of three broad units: (1) orientation to the library, including computer-output microfilm, card catalogs, and location of materials; (2) reference books, including use of the dictionary, encyclopedias, and the vertical file; and…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS SURVEY WERE TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIBRARIANS EMPLOYED ON THE STAFFS OF THE MORE THAN 2,000 HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1966-57, AND TO IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE RELEVANT MANPOWER ISSUES. THE REPORT IS BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF 2,282 INDIVIDUALS, OR 93 PERCENT OF 2,459 SAMPLED FULL-TIME…

This study is a comparative analysis of undergraduate credit courses in library instruction, taught by university librarians and offered by ten State University of New York (SUNY) institutions--Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Environmental Science and Forestry, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Stony Brook, and Upstate Medical. Topics include a…

The second annual report on the activities of the University of Kentucky Library's Instructional Services Department for 1975-76 is divided into three sections. The first section describes in detail the provision of library instruction and orientation to 7,000 students during the year. Tables summarizing statistical information on the program…

Business students have little skill in using the academic library. The importance of information in today's business world make it imperitive that this handicap be overcome. In a recent survey 77 percent of post graduates polled favored a formal course in library use. (4 references) (Author/DH)

Concludes that videotape library instruction significantly increases library skills of college students for computer database searching and research paper writing. (RAA)

Results of a project at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln showed that computer-assisted instruction (using the PLATO system) and tutorial methods were somewhat more effective than the traditional library orientation tour for teaching card catalog skills, but that cost-benefit considerations restrict their further development for large-scale use.…

Librarians at Onondaga Community College (New York) view their function in the education process as librarian-teachers who instruct students in the access routes to information, and who enrich and augment the course curriculum while encouraging life-long habits of inquiry. (JG)

Discusses North Central Technical College (Ohio) library's approach to bibliographic instruction through a self-instructional workbook. Topics include development of the workbook; a walking tour orientation to the library; student-faculty reactions; and advantages and disadvantages of the approach. An annotated bibliography, workbook ordering…

Reviews the literature on library and information literacy and describes the development of an undergraduate core course on library and information skills at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The bibliographic instruction component is explained, and assessment of the course after the first year is discussed. (Contains 12 references.) (LRW)

This study explored if students' library skills self-efficacy levels and learning outcomes varied based on instructional delivery mode. Groups consisted of an on-campus class with face-to-face instruction, an on-campus class with a Web-based library tutorial, and a Web-based class with a Web-based tutorial. Data were collected immediately prior to…

This handout is a guide to library resources in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and is intended to help students find sources of criticism on the fiction of the British Restoration writer, Aphra Behn. The guide explains important reference sources in the Atkins library reference collection and how to…