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Whitehair, Kristin J. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2010
This article focuses on the model used at the University of Kansas Medical Center to reach graduate students in the School of Nursing. Like many students returning for graduate degrees, distance students are balancing the demands of professional positions, graduate studies, and family life. Topics addressed include: point-of-need assistance,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Academic Libraries, Part Time Students, Distance Education
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Ishaq, Mary R.; Cornick, Donna P. – RQ, 1978
Describes in detail the Library and Research Consultations (LaRC) program for graduate students offered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Copies of the program's brochure and questionnaire are provided, and preliminary evaluative data are tabulated. (JD)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Graduate Students, Librarians, Library Instruction
Dunlap, Connie R. – 1975
Because of the emphasis placed upon selection of materials for the undergraduate in the last two decades, the library needs of graduate students have not been given adequate attention. Due to research and specialized methods of teaching, graduate students search for a broad range of material instead of using reading lists and course reserves. In…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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Collins, Mary Ellen – Research Strategies, 1988
Demonstrations to graduate education students on the use of the ERIC database for research of children's literature materials involved using the thesaurus and subject indexes. Electronic searches served as follow-up to the classroom instruction, and the advantages of online searching were illustrated through various approaches used to retrieve…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Childrens Literature, Education Majors
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Kochen, Manfred; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981
Describes a study of the different effects of online bibliographic searching and manual bibliographic searching on research quality and productivity among a group of graduate students assigned the task of compiling bibliographies. The study methodology is outlined, and 12 references and tables summarizing student responses to a questionnaire are…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Instruction
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Stephenson, Nina K.; St. Clair, Linda – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1996
In a pilot program for meeting their need for additional reference and instructional personnel, the Zimmerman Library of the University of New Mexico employed and then evaluated two graduate students. Administrators concluded that graduate assistants can make valuable contributions to reference, information, and instructional services if they are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assistantships, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Benson, Larry D. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Discusses the challenges and opportunities facing social science academic reference librarians working with researchers in a rapidly changing technological environment. Highlights include faculty relations and training needs; assistance to graduate students, such as suggestions for bibliographic instruction; information products and user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Auster, Ethel; And Others – College & Research Libraries, 1994
Describes the goals, planning, implementation, and assessment of a term paper clinic for undergraduates conducted by Master of Library Science students and provides recommendations for similar undertakings. The results of a participant survey, including how students heard of the course and their impressions of it, are presented. A copy of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Chen, Yu-Hui – 1992
Users of optical data disk (CD-ROM) materials at the Main Library workstations of the State University of New York at Albany were surveyed to examine the problems they encountered while conducting their searches, identify factors that interfere with their task performance, determine their needs with regard to improvement in the databases they…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Databases, Graduate Students