More librarians are finding ways to integrate library instruction into existing courses in a manner that makes library resources and the methodology for finding them an essential and basic component of the courses. Course-integrated instruction requires close cooperation between the librarian and the instructor and subject expertise on the part of…

Efforts have been made by the Cornell University Libraries (New York) reference staff to assist students with their library research for a popular undergraduate course in human sexuality. Librarians have found the course to be a serious problem for both their reference and stack collections as most students do not understand research strategy,…

Describes the library skills component of the Intensive English Program at Cornell University, a program designed to improve the English-language skills of non-English-speaking potential college students. Development of the library skills program, problems, and assignments are discussed, and 10 rules for effective communication with international…