Designed to be used as part of the library education program of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University, this series includes the following research guides: (1) How to Cite References; (2) Annotated Bibliographies; (3) How to Use American Statistics Index; (4) How to Use Biological Abstracts; (5) How to Use Chemical…

This self-paced workbook is designed to introduce college students to the resources and facilities of the library and to providing the knowledge and skills necessary to do basic library research. Two introductory chapters include a library-specific tour with floor plans (the D. Leonard Corgan Library, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) and information…

Designed to help students acquire basic library skills, this handbook provides an introduction to the services and types of materials offered by the Cumberland County College Library (New Jersey). The handbook is arranged in the following sections: (1) a listing of the hours and services of the library; (2) an explanation of how books are arranged…

Designed to be used in conjunction with a departmental operations manual, this guide for student assistants in the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Library provides basic information about the library as a whole. Topics covered by the guide are: (1) library departments, including reference services, interlibrary loan, technical…

Designed for use by students who are beginning to do research for term papers, this self-instructional library workbook presents information on the circulating and reference collections of the Madonna College Library in Livonia, Michigan. The workbook covers: (1) use of the card catalog for finding books about a specific subject and for screening…

Designed to instruct undergraduate college students in the use of basic library materials and services available in a medium-size academic library, this self-paced workbook contains 17 units with accompanying assignments. The emphasis is on types of materials rather than areas of the library. Individual units cover the resources and services of…

These three research guides present guidelines and sample exercises to help students at Washburn University of Topeka in Kansas use the library in preparing a book review, a term project, and a written or oral presentation. The guide on book reviews provides suggestions and exercises for choosing a book and finding information on the book, its…

Designed to help students acquire basic library skills, this handbook provides an introduction to the services and types of materials offered by the Wichita (Kansas) State University (WSU) Library. The handbook is arranged in three parts: (1) listings of the hours and services of the library together with the locations and types of materials; (2)…

This workbook is designed to teach students basic library skills and to aid them in the compilation of a bibliography for a research paper. Following an introduction and an explanation of a simple research strategy, there are five sections in the workbook, each with a corresponding worksheet. The first section includes library floor plans and…

This self-directed library skills workbook is designed to acquaint students in basic English courses at Lehigh County Community College with the facilities and resources of the library. All freshmen are required to purchase the workbook as part of their texts for the basic English Skills course. The same textual information is contained in 15…

This document presents a library research exercise developed at York College which uses the Apple IIe microcomputer and word processing software--the Applewriter--to teach library research skills. Unlike some other library research exercises on disk, this program allows the student to decide on alternative approaches to solving the given problem:…

This guide is designed to acquaint students of the University of Missouri-Columbia with the facilities and resources of the Ellis Library, and is intended for students enrolled in Library Science 105: Library Skills. The guide is organized into sections dealing with search strategies and types of library materials. It opens with an orientation to…

Originally developed by Utah State University's Merrill Library and the English Department's Writing Center, INFOQUEST includes a gameboard, 18 factsheets, and 16 worksheets. These materials were designed to (1) present basic information-finding techniques in a simple, comprehensive, and enjoyable manner; (2) help freshman students plan and…

This self-instructional workbook provides information and exercises on library skills for undergraduate students at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. Lesson units cover: (1) a self-guided walking tour of the library; (2) checkout policies; (3) the Dewey Decimal classification system and book arrangement; (4) Library of Congress subject…

This document is an individualized learning module designed for use with fifth- through seventh-grade students. The module is designed for use in the juvenile section of a public library that maintains a card catalog. It can easily be adapted to any library setting that utilizes a juvenile card catalog. Although computer-based card catalogs are…