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Ho, Soo Miang – 1986
This presentation at a seminar for library staff and students describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system as an information system designed to provide users with ready access to primarily English-language literature dealing with education by establishing a database, publishing abstracting journals, and reproducing…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Information Systems, Online Searching
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Clark, Juleigh Muirhead; Silverman, Susan – RQ, 1989
Student requests for online searching often show that faculty members have suggested inappropriate searches. A survey of faculty that examined their use of online searching in research and their communications to students about this research method is described, and ways in which librarians might improve the situation are suggested. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education
Dodd, Jane; And Others – 1985
This report summarizes research undertaken at the Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A & M University to assess the impact that end user information retrieval systems may have on library staff and users. Two systems, BRS/After Dark and Search Helper, were made available in the library for end user searching at no cost. A total of 260 users…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Administration
Aversa, Elizabeth Smith; And Others – 1987
This study assesses the role of online searching in school library media centers as it has been reported in the literature and also as seen in the results of a 1986 survey of school-based online providers and vendors. Although online searching in the school environment was not found to be broadly reported in the literature, the survey showed the…
Descriptors: Databases, Literature Reviews, Media Specialists, Online Searching
Craver, Kathleen W. – 1984
This paper describes how four classes of high school students were introduced over a 2-year period to the concepts and terminology of online bibliographic searching, instructed to formulate their own search strategies, and received the opportunity to observe their strategies executed by a skilled searcher on various selected databases. It also…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Information Retrieval, Introductory Courses, Library Instruction
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Vest, Bette J. – 1991
Compiled to assist teachers in their quest for free and inexpensive educational materials, this report provides both a practical guide to aid in planning a research strategy and a compilation of resources available free or at low cost to teachers. Teachers in four Virginia elementary schools were surveyed to determine: (1) whether their school…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Mech, Terrence – 1985
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Educational Resources, Encyclopedias
Ellsbury, Susan; And Others – 1983
The purpose of this term paper clinic workshop was to provide information on options that can be used when students need information for research papers. The workshop is designed for librarians in any type of library who deal with students working on term papers. Three types of term paper clinics are discussed: individual conferences; group…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Needs
Thomas, Sarah E. – 1986
In mid-1985, researchers contacted librarians at 23 United States and Canadian universities to determine what end-user activities were taking place with the involvement and cooperation of the library. Although most of those contacted were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a few non-ARL libraries known to have active end-user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Media and Technology Services. – 1991
In the fall of 1990, the Computer Services Section of the Department of Public Instruction in North Carolina began a project to study how the use of an online catalog in the media center would influence student academic achievement and provide a vehicle for students to gain the skills needed to access information. For a year, the media…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Course Integrated Library Instruction, High Schools
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of School Libraries. – 1982
In an effort to provide for a smooth transition from an "open schedule" library media center to scheduled library periods, a series of 13 instructional models were developed for use in Detroit's public schools. The models provide a framework for developing a plan of sequential library instruction which can be adapted to the teaching programs of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Card Catalogs, Career Planning, Dewey Decimal Classification