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Iguehi Joy Ikenwe; Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2024
Although many Nigerian universities are making efforts to provide access to digital library resources, the level of utilization of these resources have not been encouraging due to several factors. Information literacy has been identified as a major factor when considering the factors that enhance use of digital resources. In view of this, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Materials
Zhao, Shuzhen; Luo, Rong; Sabina, Christine; Pillon, Karen – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This study assessed the influence of information literacy training on graduate students' self-rated ability to search using academic databases and the internet to find information, as well as their objective information literacy skills through a survey in 2017 at the University of Windsor. After controlling for a comprehensive set of covariates,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Literacy, Training, Library Materials
Dalal, Heather A.; Charles, Leslin H.; Dempsey, Megan; Berg, Cara; Bushby, Rebecca D.; Dalrymple, Joan – Journal of Information Literacy, 2022
As part of a research study to examine first-year college students' preparation for college-level research, students at six U.S. institutions of higher education were surveyed in the spring semester of 2021. The pandemic continued to affect the delivery of information literacy (IL) instruction and library services across the United States…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Information Literacy, Skill Development, Academic Libraries
Groce, Heather – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2008
This paper is a review of literature that explores how community college and junior college students use libraries and seek information. A key issue that is discussed among scholars, researchers, and librarians in general is the implosion of the Internet and how libraries have shifted focus from using print resources to online databases and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Literature Reviews, Information Seeking, User Needs (Information)

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

Ford, Geoffrey – Journal of Documentation, 1973
Perhaps the most important finding of this review of research in user behaviour is that it has yet to be demonstrated that the use of lbiraries has any definite influence on anything else. (111 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, Library Instruction
Fink, Deborah; Hogan, Eddy – 1981
Developed as a local supplement and instructional guide and syllabus for students enrolled in Bibliography-301: Methods of Library Research, this learners' manual focuses on such library skills as the formulation of appropriate search strategies, the selection and evaluation of reference tools and sources, the selection of needed materials from…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Information Seeking

Reilly, Jane A. – Reference Librarian, 1984
Discussion of techniques of response to the reference query from public librarian's point-of-view covers patron's need-motivation; structuring library instruction program (teaching skills related to encyclopedia use, library instruction on special subjects-health); and assisting patron in gathering materials on-site and through use of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Seeking, Library Instruction, Library Materials
Carr, Jo Ann, Ed. – 1984
Compiled by the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians' (WAAL) Education and Library Use Committee, the Test of Minimum Library Use Skills provides examples of questions which may be used to assess students' knowledge of the 13 minimum library use skills adapted by the WAAL membership in 1983. The 59 multiple choice questions that make up…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Instruction
Bhullar, Pushpajit, Ed.; Hosel, Harold V., Ed. – 1979
This workbook designed for a basic library skills course at the University of Missouri also serves as a component for other library use and research courses. It is structured to introduce the student at Missouri to the efficient and effective use of its libraries and their resources and to provide elementary instruction in the research process.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education
Whitford, Ellen V.; Hornberger, Timothy R. – 1982
This paper describes the development and implementation of a library instruction unit for use in a basic reading and study skills course for freshmen at Trenton State College in New Jersey. A brief discussion of reasons for the lack of library skills among these students is followed by a list of course objectives. It is noted that at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Freshmen, College Libraries, Higher Education
Voros, David, Ed. – 1984
This self-directed library skills workbook is designed to acquaint students in basic English courses at Lehigh County Community College with the facilities and resources of the library. All freshmen are required to purchase the workbook as part of their texts for the basic English Skills course. The same textual information is contained in 15…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, College Freshmen, Higher Education
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Giving students a chance to associate numbers with subjects can be useful in speeding their location of desired print or nonprint materials and helping students feel independent when browsing. A matching game for helping students learn the Dewey numbers is presented. Instructions for the library media specialist or teacher, instructions for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dewey Decimal Classification, Educational Games, Elementary Education

Chatam, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1996
Describes the Question Box program, which consists of question cards designed to train children to use reference materials available in the library/media center. Highlights include the students, materials and facilities, skill development and student interest, development of questions, timing, and program administration for second grade and third…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Information Seeking, Instructional Innovation
Finkelston, Candy – 1997
This curriculum guide introduces the different components of a library science course which provides students with the basic skills to search Asian sources and materials. The first part of the curriculum guide discusses the student objectives of the course, which is designed to provide students with expanded knowledge of searching CD-ROM programs…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
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