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Oliver, Ron; Oliver, Helen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1996
Describes an investigation of the search strategies employed by novice users of an interactive information system. A class of 12-year-old students was instructed in use of an electronic encyclopedia, which they used as an information source for projects and to complete skills tests. Students employed inefficient search strategies and had…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Education, Encyclopedias, Hypermedia
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Education, Raleigh. – 1988
The reference books featured in this annotated bibliography were selected from those titles that publishers submitted to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for review. As such, it is not a comprehensive list of all reference titles in print. This guide organizes the 33 titles into major subject categories: (1) Arts…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art, Communication Skills, Dictionaries
Whitely, Faye McConnell – 1987
Designed to assist the librarian and/or teacher by serving as a checklist for a basic collection of reference materials, this annotated bibliography presents a list of reference sources that are appropriate for Alabama students in grades 7 through 12. The reference materials are intended to support the curriculum of a comprehensive public…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
Schmidt, Janine Betty; Anderson, Barbara Poston – 1983
Intended for students studying information resources units at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, this coursebook examines the nature of information, its generation, and the categories and characteristics of various formats of information resources available. Designed as an introduction to sources of brief factual information, the document…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias, Evaluation Methods
Wiggins, Terry – 1978
Compiled to accompany a program of instruction in the use of the Princeton University Psychology Library and its resources, these bibliographies provide citations for reference books in seven major cateories: (1) guides to the literature; (2) dictionaries (five subgroupings); (3) encyclopedias; (4) indexing and abstracting serials, both in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biographies, Dictionaries, Directories
Cook, Margaret G. – 1975
A library user's handbook for college students and teachers provides an annotated bibliography of reference works. Introductory chapters provide information about the library, the structure of the book, library catalogs, classification systems, and writing research papers. There are chapters containing annotated bibliographies of encyclopedias,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Catalogs, Classification, College Libraries
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. Research and Development Div. – 1969
The reference tools discussed in these two units of the instructional package (other units are: LI004051 and LI004053 through 004055) are: General Technical Encyclopedias and Engineering Handbooks. The unit concerned with encyclopedias summarizes the basic features of a good encyclopedia and gives some general procedures which are helpful in…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Engineering, Guides, Instructional Materials

Bailey, Edgar C., Jr. – RQ, 1985
A survey of 75 small academic libraries reveals that most hold reasonably current editions of four or five different general encyclopedias with considerable agreement on most popular titles. Encyclopedias are used primarily for ready reference and general introductions to research topics; new editions are purchased at least every five years. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Encyclopedias, Higher Education
Schultz, Jeffrey D., Ed.; Haynie, Kerry L., Ed.; McCulloch, Anne M., Ed.; Aoki, Andrew L., Ed. – 2000
The last 30 years of U.S. political history have seen dramatic strides in the impact that minorities play in U.S. politics. This second volume of a two-volume set addresses the historical and contemporary impact of two of the largest minority groups in the United States. Divided into two sections, the encyclopedia addresses the political struggles…
Descriptors: American Indians, Citizenship, Civil Rights, Encyclopedias
Media & Methods, 1997
Three articles (1) present case studies that show how CD-ROM encyclopedias take ordinary lesson plans in core curriculum areas to exciting new spheres; (2) give an overview of available electronic encyclopedias; and (3) provide educators' views on how multimedia encyclopedias have affected the learning process. (AEF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Publishing, Encyclopedias, Information Technology
Scott, Jane – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
To help students understand that references are tools used to locate specific information, one librarian has her third-grade students create their own reference toolboxes as she introduces dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, and thesauri. Presents a lesson plan to introduce print and nonprint thesauri to third and fourth graders and includes a…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Encyclopedias
Human, Suzanne – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
To teach computer skills to kindergartners, classroom teachers and library media specialists can take them on a multimedia field trip to the zoo. Provides a lesson plan that lists library media objectives, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, class instructions, evaluation, and follow-up. (PEN)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education
Byerly, Greg; Brodie, Carolyn S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1999
Identifies some of the best general biographical sites on the Web and offers examples of some categorized biographical sites. Highlights include Web encyclopedias; presidents; women; scientists; children's literature authors and illustrators; popular culture; and classroom applications. (LRW)
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Encyclopedias
Dean, Deborah – Voices from the Middle, 2003
Using children's picture books, Deborah Dean provided frameworks for student research papers that avoided the pitfalls leading to voiceless an encyclopedic writing. Research guide sheets; class analysis of text organization, sentence variety, stylistic choices; and peer review all contribute to interesting final papers. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Student Research, Picture Books, Grade 8
Copeland, Brenda S.; Messner, Patricia A. – Libraries Unlimited, 2006
This manual of ideas zeroes in on current picture book titles. It features reproducible worksheets, writing activities, related reading-based activities, and technology for grades three through five. The ideas have been tested in the authors' libraries and are linked to national curricular standards. Designed for school librarians, the book is…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Teaching Methods, Language Arts, Social Studies