Descriptor
Library Research | 4 |
Teaching Methods | 4 |
Higher Education | 3 |
Library Instruction | 3 |
Academic Libraries | 2 |
Library Catalogs | 2 |
Case Studies | 1 |
Childhood Interests | 1 |
College Libraries | 1 |
College Students | 1 |
Critical Thinking | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Freivalds, Dace | 1 |
Hocker, Susan | 1 |
Larson, Mary Ellen | 1 |
Oberhauser, O. | 1 |
Poirier, Gayle | 1 |
Solomon, Paul | 1 |
Wurzl, R. | 1 |
Publication Type
Opinion Papers | 4 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 2 |
Administrators | 1 |
Media Staff | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Larson, Mary Ellen; Freivalds, Dace – 1985
This study on the role of instruction in encouraging the successful performance of the first-time online catalog user examined three relationships to evaluate the effects of an instructional program: the comparative effectiveness of four instructional methods in orienting users to the online catalog; the influence of an instruction program on user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Intermode Differences

Poirier, Gayle; Hocker, Susan – Research Strategies, 1993
Discussion of critical thinking skills focuses on the academic library's role in teaching critical thinking skills based on experiences with a library resources course at Louisiana State University. Teaching techniques are discussed, sample lessons are described, and evaluation of students' research papers and student retention of skills are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Oberhauser, O.; Wurzl, R. – 1982
This report describes the library instruction program at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria and proposes various program improvements, which are based in part on the results of a 1979 survey of over 2,600 faculty and students. An overview of the present state-of-the-art of library user education and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Solomon, Paul – School Library Media Quarterly, 1994
Examines elementary school students' use of an online public access catalog to investigate the interaction between children, technology, curriculum, instruction, and learning. Highlights include patterns of successes and breakdowns; search strategies; instructional approaches and childrens' interests; structure of interaction; search terms; and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students