A collaborative course, "The Human Encounter with Alcohol," offered to freshmen at the University of Colorado College of Arts and Sciences is described. The idea was to offer a subject that would intellectually interest students, as well as provide a subject suitable for freshmen level library research. (MLW)

College students are often reluctant to use libraries, despite the resources available there. Teachers assigning projects that require research might also require conferences with students in the library, possibly in small groups, to provide assistance in preliminary stages. This helps students locate and use varied information sources and…

Hampshire College offers a vigorous bibliographic instruction program as a principal means for introducing undergraduate students to library use. Its major purpose is to teach library research strategies: how to proceed from an idea to a useful bibliography and acquire the needed materials. (Author/MSE)