Designed to acquaint Stony Brook students with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook in library skills is used in conjunction with courses offered at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. It is organized into chapters dealing with types of materials rather than by area of the library. Each chapter has an…

Designed to introduce education students to the basic library resources in the field, this self-paced workbook assumes a basic knowledge of the library and its resources. Each section in the eight-chapter workbook discusses a particular type of reference material and sample entries are provided when appropriate. Eleven assignments (two multiple…

This workbook contains 10 chapters describing the various phases of planning and conducting library research: (1) The Libraries at NCSU (North Carolina State University); (2) The Research Paper; (3) Understanding Call Numbers; (4) Locating Background Information Using Encyclopedias; (5) Locating Information in Books (including sections on using…

Intended primarily for students in the humanities and social sciences at the University of California, Riverside, this text offers an integrated approach to library research strategies and basic bibliographic resources which is also applicable in other research libraries. The text is designed to provide the basis for a formal course in library…