Describes an online system originally designed to assist freshman writers develop research skills. The system incorporates a desktop approach to information management, using Apple Computer's HyperCard, in which students have access to a dynamic notebook and linked reference materials. Online searching in a hypertext environment is described. (CLB)

Designed to assist librarians in developing software packages to teach elementary bibliographic instruction on an individual basis with a microcomputer, this document describes four steps necessary to produce such a product. These include: choosing a topic with a limited amount of available library information; surveying the library's resources on…

This annotated bibliography/resource guide is intended to assist users in locating resources on educational research in the Bridgewater (Massachusetts) State College Curriculum Library. The first of five sections provides a listing of 25 basic sources for locating educational research, including indexes and abstracts of periodicals and serials of…

The QuiltSpace Builder enables Microsoft's multimedia encyclopedia "Encarta" to "fit" into an established home or institutional learning environment so that "Encarta" can be used for productive research. Early observations of the difficulties encountered by Encarta users, coupled with a survey of presently available…