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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
Baum, Nathan; And Others – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Services
McNally, Tom; Segal, Jane – 1981
In this videotape script, a parody of a television sports competition serves as a vehicle for introducing college freshmen to the Ohio State University Library System and to the concept of search strategy. In the script, two student contenders participate in three events: the "card catalog combat," the "magazine mania," and the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes
Gebhard, Patricia; Silver, Barbara – 1978
This workbook is the text for a self-paced, programmed one-unit course which teaches about library resources and their use at the University of California Santa Barbara Library, a medium-sized academic university research library. It provides freshmen and incoming students with the basic information they need to know in order to use the library:…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Filing, Higher Education
Koyama, Janice, Ed. – 1978
Prepared for students who participate in the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Library Instruction Program (LIP), this document is both a working syllabus for classroom use and an outline of the lecture presentations given by librarian instructors, though it can also be used as a reference guide to review library research methods,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Curriculum Guides, Indexes, Library Catalogs
Morrison, Ray L.; Nollen, Terrence – 1982
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…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, College Libraries, Dewey Decimal Classification, Government Publications
Bryant, Barton B.; Rizzo, Joseph F. – 1982
This self-instructional library workbook was used in a series of workshops--sponsored by the Medical Technology Department in Wayne State University's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions--in order to reduce attrition by increasing the probability of success for academically high-risk students in the professional medical technology…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, College Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes
Hitchings, Donna, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Designed to be used in an English course at the University of Houston, this library skills workbook includes lessons and multiple-choice exercises on the following topics: (1) a floor plan of the main university library; (2) catalog records; (3) catalog access points; (4) using the catalogs; (5) locating books; (6) encyclopedias; (7) dictionaries;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Materials
Machalow, Robert – 1984
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:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
Gebhard, Patricia – 1976
This manual is the textbook for a two-unit course for upper division students at a middle-sized university academic research library, the University of California Santa Barbara Library. The book introduces search strategy for finding information for a term paper. After discussing factual information about library collections, classification, card…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classification, College Libraries, Filing
Thomas, Joy – 1987
This guide is designed to introduce students to the California State University at Long Beach Library. The first chapter discusses how to start searching for information--types of information sources, search strategy, choosing a topic and finding preliminary information, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Topics related to catalogs and computers are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Bhullar, Pushpajit K., Ed.; Lawhorne, Anne R., Ed. – 1989
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Library Guides
Jackson, Bill – 1988
This handbook is a guide to doing business research in a university library. Following library location and orientation information, the first section discusses the research paper, i.e., thinking about the topic and planning a research strategy, the flow of information over time, and evaluating sources. Finding and using books, journal articles,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Fink, Deborah; Hogan, Eddy – 1981
Developed as a local supplement and instructional guide and syllabus for students enrolled in Bibliography-301: Methods of Library Research, this learners' manual focuses on such library skills as the formulation of appropriate search strategies, the selection and evaluation of reference tools and sources, the selection of needed materials from…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Information Seeking
Hardin, Linda Pegg – 1979
Designed for use by students at the University of Illinois, this guide provides step-by-step procedures for systematically searching the literature and gathering published information for a research or term paper. The concepts of literature search, search strategy, primary and secondary information sources, and topic selection are explained.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Sources
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