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Landing the Job: How Special Libraries Can Support Career Research Introduction
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Howard, Heather – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
"Special Libraries, Special Challenges" is a column dedicated to exploring the unique public services challenges that arise in libraries that specialize in a particular subject, such as law, medicine, business, and so forth. In each column, the author will discuss public service dilemmas and opportunities that arise in special libraries.…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Library Role, Library Services, Career Education
Assigning Inquiry: How Handouts for Research Assignments Guide Today's College Students. Project Information Literacy Progress Report
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Head, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2010
A report of findings from a content analysis of 191 course-related research assignment handouts distributed to undergraduates on 28 college campuses across the U.S., as part of Project Information Literacy. A majority of handouts in the sample emphasized standards about the mechanics of compiling college research papers, more so than guiding…
Descriptors: Assignments, Instructional Materials, Research Tools, Information Sources
Finding Context: What Today's College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age. Project Information Literacy Progress Report
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Head, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2009
A report of preliminary findings and analysis from student discussion groups held on 7 U.S. campuses in Fall 2008, as part of Project Information Literacy. Qualitative data from discussions with higher education students across the country suggest that conducting research is particularly challenging. Students' greatest challenges are related to…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Qualitative Research, Classification, Web 2.0 Technologies
Auraria Library Instruction Program.
Auraria Library, Denver, CO. – 1991
In order to meet the needs of a diverse user population from three different institutions of higher learning, this information packet presents a menu of instructional options from which patrons can choose. (Located on a large urban campus, the Auraria Library serves students, faculty, and staff from the Community College of Denver, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Collections
A Study of the Information Resources and Library Services Used by Doctoral Students in Science Education at the University of Georgia.
Compton, Mary L. – 1989
A questionnaire was distributed to a population of science education doctoral students to collect data about the role of the library in providing information resources needed by doctoral students in science education (both Ed.D. and Ph.D.) at the University of Georgia. Doctoral students were selected for the study because they will eventually…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Information Retrieval
Design and Methodology in Institutional Research.
Bagley, Clarence H., Ed. – 1965
The proceedings of this forum contain 23 papers focusing mainly on the technical aspects of institutional research. Most of the authors are institutional research officers in various colleges and universities. Part 1 contains papers on institutional research methodology. They deal with such topics as faculty load studies, enrollment projections,…
Descriptors: Computers, Curriculum Research, Data Collection, Design