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Search Engines Become Another Unit in Library Skills.
Talbot, Dixie – Book Report, 1997
A high school library media specialist advises teaching search engine skills by incorporating them into existing instructional units. Describes how search engines were introduced in an eighth-grade computer literacy class. Presents class activities, and provides tips for teachers. Includes addresses for eight search engines and three sites…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Grade 8
Bibliographic Instruction in a Step-by-Step Approach.
Soash, Richard L. – Book Report, 1992
Describes an information search process based on Kuhlthau's model that was used to teach bibliographic research to ninth grade students. A research test to ensure that students are familiar with basic library skills is presented, forms for helping students narrow the topic and evaluate materials are provided, and a research process checklist is…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 9, Information Retrieval
Theme Section: Teaching Research Skills.
Handy, Alice Evans; And Others – Book Report, 1993
Nine articles discuss teaching research skills to junior and senior high school students including useful personal qualities, computer-assisted instruction, researching issues of current public debate, an oral history project on the 1960s, changing roles of librarians, cooperative learning, video and audiotapes as sources, CD-ROM-based indexes,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Current Events, Information Literacy
Teaching Library Skills.
Collins, Gayle; And Others – Book Report, 1987
Brief articles by junior and senior high school librarians describe how they teach library skills, including integration with classroom activities; use of videotapes; gaming; student participation in booktalks, instruction, and updating of vertical files; courses in librarianship and reading aloud. A bibliography of audiovisuals is also provided.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Book Reviews, Credit Courses
Teaching Library Skills for the 1990s.
Buboltz, Dale; And Others – Book Report, 1991
Includes 10 articles that address issues involved in teaching library skills in middle schools and junior and senior high schools. Topics discussed include computer-based technology; blending print and electronic sources; search strategies for online systems; expert systems for reference questions; information skills and thinking skills; and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Listening to the Music.
Rux, Paul – Book Report, 1994
Examines issues relating to information technology that will affect the future of school librarians. Topics discussed include teaching versus learning; the need for new sets of skills; becoming systems analysts; matching technology with users' information needs; management information systems; and shifting models regarding the role of school…
Descriptors: Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Information Needs
Curriculum Involvement: Forming New Partnerships.
Marinucci, Ron; And Others – Book Report, 1988
This series of eight articles examines cooperative curriculum planning by secondary education teachers and school librarians. The discussion provides examples of assignments that employ library resources and suggestions for working with teachers to develop new curriculum units, as well as the use of workshops to acquaint teachers with the…
Descriptors: Business English, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking