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Chidi Nuel-Jean, Okoye; Okoye, Michael Onuchukwu – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020
This study investigated the relevance of libraries and librarians in distance education programs of Nigerian universities. Investigation was carried out in Federal Universities in the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria using a descriptive survey research design. Five research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. 138 librarians…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Distance Education
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Johnson, Ken; Jennings, Susan; Hisle, Sue – Journal of Access Services, 2011
In January 2008, the Belk Library & Information Commons at Appalachian State University combined the Access Services staff members of the Circulation and Lower Level Service Desks with the Reference and Instruction team as part of a library-wide reorganization effort. The new team balanced what had been a staff-dominated Access Services team…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Instruction, Libraries, Library Materials
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Niles, Phyllis – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
This paper will examine the learning needs of millennial students, a generation different from any previous generation, so librarians should adjust their teaching methods to accommodate their needs. Should we, as librarians, consider changing our reference services--the way we present instruction and the materials that we order for the library?…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Librarians, Teaching Methods, User Needs (Information)
Jones, Steve; Allen, Julie – Psychology Teaching Review, 2012
Extensive engagement with current academic sources is expected of all psychology undergraduates. Thirty-eight undergraduate psychology students took part in a series of focus group discussions of their information-searching experiences and skills. The majority of students had not been required to engage with any form of information searching while…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Psychology, Focus Groups, Library Skills
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Jacobs, Warren N. – Education Libraries, 2010
A reference/instruction librarian used targeted outreach to furnish library services to faculty and students while assigned to work in the College of Education during a library renovation project. Due to the success of this temporary assignment, the author has subsequently maintained regular office hours in the College to provide research…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Services, Library Instruction, Library Science
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Hlavaty, Greg; Townsend, Murphy – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
Modern composition instructors often use and teach research methods for Internet search engines and electronic databases. It is not their intent to turn back the clock. However, if they can help students connect the world of Internet searches and the university library, they can promote information literacy in its broadest sense by developing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Writing (Composition)
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Humeston, Helen – Research Strategies, 1994
Presents a simple four-step method bibliographic instruction librarians can use to teach students how to design an effective search strategy. Using the image of a clock face, students learn how to make explicit connections among the search statement, types of library materials, and access tools in formulating a research plan. (22 references)…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Diagrams, Higher Education, Illustrations
Ware, Susan A. – 1986
Designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students at the Delaware County Campus with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook on library skills is designed for use with English 15, and its mandatory completion is incorporated into the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Facilities, Library Instruction
Renford, Beverly L.; And Others – 1985
Designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students at the Delaware County Campus with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook on library skills is used in conjunction with English 15, and its mandatory completion is incorporated in the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Facilities, Library Instruction
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Cocking, Terry S.; Schafer, Susan A. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes the Library Scavenger Hunt program at Baylor University (part of the reading and study skills program) which emphasizes learning what sources are available in a college library, where they are located, and how to use them. (SR)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Materials
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Sanudo, Manuel – Catholic Library World, 1989
Describes a search strategy method for bibliographic instruction in academic libraries that includes the major types of bibliographic tools and the prescribed sequence in which to use them. The strategy begins with dictionaries and encyclopedias, progresses through bibliographies and subject guides, and ends with periodicals and books. (five…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Machalow, Robert – 1984
This document presents computer-based lessons used to teach basic library skills to college students at York College of the City University of New York. The information for library orientation has been entered on a disk which must be used in conjunction with a word processing program, the Applewriter IIe, and an Apple IIe microcomputer. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Bodien, Carol; Smith, Mary Kay – 1976
This handbook, designed to aid the library user in becoming familiar with university libraries and their systems, is a textbook for a one credit elective course offered at Bemidji State University as a regular course or as independent study. It is based upon booklets developed at several other universities for use as self directed study courses…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Elective Courses, Guides, Higher Education
Renford, Beverly L. – 1978
This workbook in library skills designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students with the facilities and resources of their library is used in conjunction with courses offered at the University, and its mandatory completion is incorporated in the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials rather…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Facilities
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
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