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Download full textBitterman, Amy; Gray, Lucinda; Goldring, Rebecca – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report presents selected findings from the Public School Library Media Center Data File of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with public schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Libraries, Elementary Schools
Williams, Teresa D.; Grimble, Bonnie J.; Irwin, Marilyn – School Library Media Research, 2004
High school students often use online databases and the Internet in the school library media center (SLMC) to complete teachers' assignments. This case study used a survey to assess teachers' awareness of electronic resources, and to determine whether their directions influence student use of these resources in the SLMC. Participants were teachers…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Databases, Internet, Library Services
McLaughlin, Pamela, Comp. – 1985
The 13 articles on online searching in secondary schools that are annotated in this bibliography were published between 1981 and 1985 and cited in Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). The documents and articles cover a variety of issues and perspectives including: an introduction to online bibliographic…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Databases, High School Students, Learning Resources Centers
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Describes some of the most active school library programs for introducing elementary and secondary school students to online searching. Highlights include searches performed by librarians and students; skills acquired by students (search strategy, choosing appropriate databases, accessing information online); frequently searched databases; and…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Instruction
Truett, Carol – Computing Teacher, 1994
Discusses school librarians' use of telecommunications to provide access to electronic resources and information databases outside the school library. Examples are given of services provided through the Internet, including electronic mail, file transfer protocol, Gopher, Wide Area Information Server, and World Wide Web. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, File Transfer Protocol
New York State Library, Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1990
This overview of New York State's school library systems begins with a New York State map which shows the geographical location of each of the 46 school library systems. The remainder of the pamphlet provides the following: a brief background on school library systems in the state; a "typical" school library system profile; the types of…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans, Learning Resources Centers
Pruitt, Ellen; Dowling, Karen – Online, 1985
Describes introduction of online information retrieval to high school seniors in a public school system. Highlights include background (hardware and software selection, choice of information utility, instructional objectives); database use; meeting curriculum needs; problems with print sources; online solutions; search strategies; requests for…
Descriptors: Databases, High School Seniors, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedRains, Nancy; Underwood, David – Library Software Review, 1986
Describes the development of a computer program for a high school library that has the capability of printing out bibliographic citations by author, subject, title, accession number, comment, and format (book, audiovisual kit, computer program). Considerations and techniques involved in the design of the program and sample screens are included.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Software, Databases, Display Systems
Burke, David; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1994
This special section on CD-ROM and multimedia includes three articles: "What You Need to Know before Networking CD-ROMs" (David Burke); "Multimedia in a Traditional Library Setting" (Norman K. Peterson and Laurn Wilhelm); and "SilverPlatter Embraces the Future" (Pat Ensor). Reviews of two CD-ROM products are also…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases
Goodgion, Laurel; And Others – Library Journal, 1986
Eight articles in special supplement to "Library Journal" and "School Library Journal" cover a computer program called "Byte into Books"; microcomputers and the small library; creating databases with students; online searching with a microcomputer; quality automation software; Meckler Publishing Company's…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Conferences, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Epler, Doris M.; Tuzinski, Jean H. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1991
ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA is a statewide database that combines resources of over 500 academic, public, special, and school libraries in Pennsylvania. This article discusses the program's background and stresses the commitment its members must make to serve the state's population through resource sharing. It focuses in particular on the incentive the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Describes a study of secondary school library media specialists in Maine and Pennsylvania that was conducted to establish a baseline of data relating to the use of CD-ROM databases for reference purposes. Topics addressed include database titles; networking; staffing concerns; budget; funding; attitudes toward CD-ROMs; and training and curriculum…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Databases, Financial Support
Olson, Georgine N., Ed.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1991
This issue presents 42 articles that provide an overview of current reference services in all types of libraries in Illinois. Highlights include designing reference areas; policies and manuals; the reference interview; reference tools; automated databases; resource sharing; services to youth; services to special populations; and reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Childrens Libraries, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
