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Jacobson, Frances F. – Reference Services Review, 1988
Discusses the necessity of incorporating bibliographic instruction courses into the curriculum of teacher preparation programs and reviews the literature in this area. A unit which introduces elementary education majors to school library services as a part of a required children's literature course at Western State College of Colorado is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Preservice Teacher Education
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Engeldinger, Eugene A. – Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes an instructional model for teaching library skills which consists of a 30-minute lecture followed by a 20-minute exercise. Assumptions about learning and the educational process are discussed as well as goal-setting for the class and exercise. It is suggested that this format could be applied to other disciplines. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Nash, Stan; Wilson, Myoung Chung – Reference Services Review, 1991
Discussion of information literacy focuses on a study at Rutgers University that was conducted to determine how undergraduates evaluate the results of their CD-ROM database searches. A proposed instructional model is explained that is designed to give students the skills they need to use information sources successfully. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Citations (References), College Libraries, Databases, Evaluation Criteria
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Huston, Mary M. – Reference Services Review, 1989
Discussion of library instruction for teaching the use of computer-based searching techniques focuses on a study conducted at Evergreen State College to determine novice and experienced users' information seeking habits, and to create a multicultural teaching model for researchers that acknowledges the users' conceptual frameworks. (15 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Libraries, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
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Rader, Hannelore B. – Reference Services Review, 1990
Provides an annotated list of materials published in 1989 that deal with orientation to library facilities and services; instruction in the use of information resources; and research and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. Publications on user instruction in academic, public, school, and special libraries are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Rader, Hannelore B. – Reference Services Review, 1991
This annotated bibliography includes materials in English published in 1990 that deal with information literacy, including instruction in the use of information resources; research; and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. Publications on user instruction are included for all types of libraries and for all…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education