Reviews the literature of the "Writing across the Curriculum" (WAC) movement and suggests ways for libraries to become involved. It is argued that WAC programs transfer the responsibility for teaching writing from the English department to all academic programs; curriculum-related writing assignments potentially involve library research; and…

Discusses the need to help students develop critical thinking skills, reviews definitions of critical thinking, and argues that bibliographic instruction is an appropriate teaching strategy for developing such skills. An example of an education class in which bibliographic instruction is used in this way is given. (16 notes with references) (CLB)

Small group discussions with Illinois State University freshmen to evaluate the integration of library instruction and technology training in a new gateway course found that students were confused about course purpose, that students received inadequate instruction in e-mail use, and that campus e-mail technology was inadequate to meet demands of…