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Peer reviewedManzari, Laura – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses library instruction in the use of CD-ROMs and describes results of a survey of CD-ROM users at C.W. Post College (NY), including characteristics of CD-ROM users, evaluating searches, advanced search techniques, learning and using the system, and changes in CD-ROM users from 1992 to 1996. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Describes Web-based reference products that are available to K-12 media specialists through the Gale Group. Highlights include the Student Resource Center (SRC), a collection of databases; searching in the SRC; the Junior Reference Collection; separate databases; and American Journey Online, containing primary sources related to American history.…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Materials
Snyder, Herbert; Rosenbaum, Howard – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Examines the use of Robot Exclusion Protocol (REP) to restrict the access of search engine robots to 10 major United States university Web sites. An analysis of Web site searching and interviews with Web server administrators shows that the decision to use this procedure is largely technical and is typically made by the Web server administrator.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making
McDermott, Irene E. – Searcher, 2000
Offers suggestions to librarians on how to teach Internet use and Web searching to beginners. Highlights include active learning, including small group assignments; Web addresses; Web site authority, currency, accuracy, commercialism, and scope; critical thinking skills; the training environment; student exercises; and educational resources for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Assignments, Critical Thinking
Hirsh, Sandra G. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Explores the information needs, information-seeking behaviors, and work group communication patterns of 27 scientists, engineers, and managers in an industrial R&D (research and development) setting. Highlights include identifying appropriate information resources, including the World Wide Web; performing searches and retrieving relevant…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods, Information Needs
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Mary Ann; Galloway, Chad – Teacher Librarian, 2001
Describes a study in which online behavior of high school and undergraduate students using GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online), a virtual library, were observed. Topics include cognitive demands; technology literacy; domain knowledge; search strategies; relevance; evaluation of information; information literacy standards; and suggestions to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Bilal, Dania; Kirby, Joe – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Investigates the success and information-seeking behavior of seventh-grade children and graduate students in using the Yahooligans! Web search engine/directory to find the correct answer for a fact-based search task. Analyzes and compares the overall patterns of children's and graduate students' Web traversal behaviors, including searching,…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Graduate Students
Direct linkEdwards, Sylvia Lauretta; Bruce, Christine Susan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
In a context where changes in conceptions or experiences associated with learning generic skills is a desirable learning outcome, how can assessment instruments be designed to bring about the desired changes? In this paper we show how understanding the variation in students' experience of learning a specific generic capability represents the first…
Descriptors: Internet, Search Strategies, Student Experience, Evaluation Methods
Download full textEagan, Ann; Bender, Laura – 1996
Searching on the world wide web can be confusing. A myriad of search engines exist, often with little or no documentation, and many of these search engines work differently from the standard search engines people are accustomed to using. Intended for librarians, this paper defines search engines, directories, spiders, and robots, and covers basics…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Needs, Integrated Library Systems, Internet
Van Noate, Judith – 1994
Through descriptions of widely available and helpful sources to find answers about North American Indians, this article highlights some basic library sources such as reference books, reference librarians, electronic indexes, on-line databases, and periodic indexes. In finding books owned by the library about North American Indians, the use of the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Interlibrary Loans, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation
Potts, JoAnne; Stover, Carolyn – 1988
This module is intended for use by the instructor who wishes to integrate a unit on telecommunications into an Introduction to Business course. Contents include a list of materials needed to teach the unit, a list of competency goals and objectives, and some materials necessary for the three parts of this module: an introduction to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competency Based Education, Computer Simulation, Databases
Potts, JoAnne; Stover, Carolyn – 1988
This module is intended for use by the instructor who wishes to integrate a unit on telecommunications into an Introduction to Computers course. Contents include a list of materials needed to teach the unit, a list of competency goals and objectives, and some materials necessary for the three parts of this module: an introduction to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competency Based Education, Computer Simulation, Databases
Scaun, Anatole – 1994
This workbook is designed to introduce the Harvey A. Andruss Library at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) to a novice user. It is one component in a self-paced unit in library instruction which also includes an exercise book and a computerized tour of the library. Chapter 1 is concerned with the orientation of the library and covers its…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Wells, Amy Tracy – 1993
The ERIC and LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) databases are compared through a literature review and the analysis of an online search on a topic in librarianship. ERIC emphasizes education and includes serials, monographs, collections, and research reports for their coverage of some aspect of education. LISA is dedicated to topics…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Comparative Analysis
Ensor, Pat – 1990
This report presents the results of a study which explored how patron perceptions and demographics related to keyword/Boolean searching on Indiana State University's (ISU) Library User Information System (LUIS), the online public access catalog (OPAC). Two general theses guide the study: (1) whether the use or non-use of keyword searching on LUIS…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Literacy, Demography, Higher Education
