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Auten, Beth; Glauner, Dana; Lefoe, Grant; Henry, Jo – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2016
This article explains how the South Piedmont Community College librarians educated faculty members about how they guide student use of the library and how it is advantageous for them to require high-quality resources for student papers. As documented by observations at SPCC and in the library literature, students use the tools they know to find…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Librarians, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Affective Learning and Personal Information Management: Essential Components of Information Literacy
Cahoy, Ellysa Stern – Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
"Affective competence," managing the feelings and emotions that students encounter throughout the content creation/research process, is essential to academic success. Just as it is crucial for students to acquire core literacies, it is essential that they learn how to manage the anxieties and emotions that will emerge throughout all…
Descriptors: Information Management, Psychological Patterns, Information Literacy, Librarians
Fontichiaro, Kristin – School Library Monthly, 2011
Top Chef is one of America's top food television shows. In one episode, lead judge Tom Colicchio, chef and restaurant owner, chides a contestant for hurriedly slicing a piece of meat as soon as it had emerged from the oven. The meat was fully cooked, but the competitor had not "let it rest," or let it steep in its own juices outside the oven for…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Teaching Methods, Library Skills
Debonis, Rocco; O'Donnell, Edward; Thomes, Cynthia – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2012
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) has been heavily used by UMUC students since its implementation in fall 2011, but experience has shown that it is not always the most appropriate source for satisfying students' information needs and that they often need assistance in understanding how the tool works and how to use it effectively. UMUC librarians have…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Best Practices, Search Strategies, Information Literacy
Dixon-Thomas, Courtlann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
An emphasis on instruction has been growing in libraries as a result of the cumbersome amount of information that is produced and available globally. This, coupled with the growing diverse student populations and the demand for higher education, has created the need for students entering the workforce who can think critically, adapt quickly and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Strategies, Information Literacy, Program Effectiveness
Foor, Jamie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this study, I investigated the effectiveness of the knowledge map (k-map) instructional strategy compared to a text-based presentation in an online environment. K-maps consist of node-link representations of concepts that together form the content of a topic or domain. The benefits of using k-maps are that concepts and ideas are represented as…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis
Taber-Doughyt, Teresa; Patton, Scott E.; Brennan, Stephanie – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2009
The effectiveness of simultaneous and delayed video modeling when used by three middle-school students with moderate intellectual disabilities was examined. Alternating between modeling systems, students were taught to use the public library computer to locate specific book call numbers and use the Dewey Decimal Classification System to locate…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Public Libraries, Classification, Middle School Students
Atkinson, Ross, Ed. – 1983
This collection of four papers on the applicability of bibliographic theory to bibliographic instruction is introduced by Ross Atkinson, who sees a shift away from political and pedagogical concerns in bibliographic instruction. In "Pragmatic Bibliography," Patrick Wilson contrasts wholesale or comprehensive bibliography (the compilation…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Information Sources, Instructional Design, Library Instruction
Jean, Lorraine A. – 1981
The academic library orientation workshops described are conducted by the University of Vermont to acquaint college bound high school seniors with the resources available in an academic library. Sessions consist of a location exercise in which students use the card catalog to locate specific materials, a guided tour of the library, and a written…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, College Bound Students, Information Seeking

Lubans, John, Jr. – RQ, 1981
Refutes several popular but ill-founded arguments against user education for public library patrons to suggest that the only real issue is the extent of library involvement. This adaptation from a soon-to-be-published book on library user education includes seven references. (RAA)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Library Instruction, Library Role, Library Services
Cash, D. Michele – 1985
This paper, presented at the Indiana Library Association Meeting, discusses critical thinking in general terms and then briefly discusses why it is important to include critical thinking skills in bibliographic instruction sessions at the higher education level. A discussion of the instructional design of bibliographic instruction in relation to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Quiring, Virginia, Comp.; And Others – 1980
Results of a 1980 survey are tabulated to provide a view of the scope and diversity of materials and activities for library instruction at the 36 Kansas academic libraries which responded to the questionnaire. The questionnaire, included as an appendix, addressed staffing, including qualifications and evaluation; funding; methods used in library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Resources, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Singer, Carol A. – 1981
This users guide provides instruction for researchers using government documents in this depository collection. Generally applicable to any government document collection, the guide uses a worksheet format to acquaint the user with the SuDocs classification system, the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the publications reference…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Information Seeking
Miller, Constance; And Others – 1979
A library skills workbook provides college biology students with an introduction to biological library resources. Divided into two sections, the first contains explanations of the various steps in the library research process. The second consists of exercises keyed to the explanatory chapters of the first section. (RAA)
Descriptors: Biology, College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education

Person, Roland – College and Research Libraries, 1981
This longitudinal study of a one-semester credit course of bibliographic instruction for undergraduates reveals lasting student appreciation that frequently increases following course completion. (RAA)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Students, Course Evaluation, Information Seeking