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Lindemann, Erika – 2000
Archival research gives students opportunities to appreciate original documents and artifacts, teaching them how to access materials, to treat them with care, and to invest them with meaning, and demonstrating the partnership researchers develop with librarians. Three suggested writing assignments introduce students to special collections,…
Descriptors: Archives, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Skills

Hanson, Michele – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Discusses a composition assignment that integrates library instruction with a research assignment, thus encouraging students to take an interdisciplinary approach to their writing and thinking. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Instruction, Library Skills

LeUnes, Arnold – Teaching of Psychology, 1977
Described is an attention-getting assignment in a college level developmental psychology course in which students were given a list of 24 library research questions on the first day of class to be completed and discussed on the third day. Student reaction to the assignment is discussed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Assignments, Developmental Psychology, Educational Innovation, Evaluation

Hiemstra, Kathleen M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2002
Reviews the benefits of library work (and some cautions) before describing four assignments that exploit library resources: a business report assignment; a professional journal assignment; a style manual format assignment; and an international business communication assignment. (SG)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Curriculum Enrichment, Higher Education, International Communication
Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1989
Because reference librarians at San Antonio College (Texas) often found themselves facing the difficult situation of assisting students who were struggling with ill-conceived, faculty-designed library assignments, they developed a 2-hour workshop for faculty on the construction of course-related assignments. This collection of workshop-related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Ormondroyd, Joan – 1988
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…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Libraries
Folks, Jeffrey J. – 1978
A developmental English program for a liberal arts college should be individualized and intellectually challenging to students entering a four-year baccalaureate program. Such a program must emphasize motivation, flexibility, and a well-conceived progression for acquiring skills. It should view writing as a holistic process and should use such…
Descriptors: Assignments, Basic Skills, Developmental Programs, English Instruction

Brown, Carol; And Others – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Describes several relevant library search assignments which stress the merits of secondary research in a business report writing course. Includes assignments on investment possibilities, employment opportunities, and group projects. (MM)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Higher Education, Library Skills, Research Projects

Farber, Evan I. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1984
While the term paper can be a worthwhile teaching device, the project must be carefully structured to be effective. Creative teachers can devise other, equally effective activities to extend student knowledge of and skills in using library resources, such as writing annotated bibliographies, practical research assignments, and projects to evaluate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques

Kunkel, Lilith R.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Discusses a study conducted at Kent State University's (Ohio) regional campuses that measured the basic library competencies of incoming college freshmen. Results show that the frequency of student assignments was the best predictor of scores on the test measuring library skills. Implications for bibliographic instruction are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Libraries

Barringer, Sallie H. – Research Strategies, 1989
Discusses the importance of introducing undergraduate students of mathematics to available library materials in mathematics in order to develop a sense of the history, literature, and methods of mathematical research and inquiry. Three library based assignments that could be integrated into intermediate or advanced level mathematics courses are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, College Mathematics, Higher Education

Joseph, Margaret A.; Dabbs, Julia K. – 1986
Arguing that the primary means of integrating the library with classroom instruction is the library assignment or research paper, this paper takes a practical look at what constitutes an effective library assignment. It begins by debunking various misconceptions about the library and students' library skills which tend to undermine library…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students

LaGuardia, Cheryl; And Others – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes a library research skills course taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara with team teaching. Revision of a previous course is explained; course design is described; class assignments are outlined; an evaluation of the first year is discussed; and the future of the course is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, College Libraries, Course Evaluation, Course Organization

Tierno, Mark J.; Lee, Joann H. – RQ, 1983
Describes pilot project of library research instruction introduced at Lake Forest College which focused on faculty-centered library research instruction, i.e., Department of Education faculty and instruction librarians designed library experiences integrated into course assignments. Pilot study goals and organization, research assignments, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Libraries, Education Courses, Formative Evaluation
Gebhard, Patricia – 1976
This manual is the textbook for a two-unit course for upper division students at a middle-sized university academic research library, the University of California Santa Barbara Library. The book introduces search strategy for finding information for a term paper. After discussing factual information about library collections, classification, card…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classification, College Libraries, Filing
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