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Flanders, E. Lorene – 1989
This first edition of the Georgia College Libraries Handbook provides: (1) an introduction to academic and public library service in Milledgeville, Georgia; (2) a general introduction to operating procedures and facilities of the Ina Dillard Russell Library; (3) a description of the library's collections (books and other cataloged materials, the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Libraries, Foreign Students, Higher Education
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Describes an activity for young children that helps them conduct subject searches using an automated system that allows customization of access to a library's collection. Explains a timed game that makes use of subject searching and word searching on the topic of dinosaurs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dinosaurs, Educational Games
Gebhard, Patricia – 1976
This manual is the textbook for a two-unit course for upper division students at a middle-sized university academic research library, the University of California Santa Barbara Library. The book introduces search strategy for finding information for a term paper. After discussing factual information about library collections, classification, card…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classification, College Libraries, Filing
McNally, Tom; Segal, Jane – 1981
In this videotape script, a parody of a television sports competition serves as a vehicle for introducing college freshmen to the Ohio State University Library System and to the concept of search strategy. In the script, two student contenders participate in three events: the "card catalog combat," the "magazine mania," and the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes
Scaun, Anatole – 1994
This workbook is designed to introduce the Harvey A. Andruss Library at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) to a novice user. It is one component in a self-paced unit in library instruction which also includes an exercise book and a computerized tour of the library. Chapter 1 is concerned with the orientation of the library and covers its…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Collections
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Schwartz, Candy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Provides an overview of the basic components of a digital library. Highlights include library collections; metadata; services, including information seeking and retrieval, reference query fulfillment, and user training; user interaction with digital libraries, including searching, browsing, and navigation; economic support; maintenance;…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Howze, Philip C.; And Others – 1996
This document is a library instruction manual for an introductory course on library research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The assignments provided are intended for independent study; a syllabus is included for the 7-week course. The manual is divided into seven sections. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the library system, services, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Databases
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Sanford, Carolyn C. – Research Strategies, 1991
Describes the continuing development of a bibliographic instruction (BI) course at Carleton College for a sociology/anthropology research methods course that focuses on statistical sources. Goals and objectives of the course are explained, and various methods of teaching search strategies are described, including overhead transparencies, handouts,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, College Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Course Objectives
Bolles, Charles A. – 1996
This plan describes the status of multi-library cooperation and resource sharing in Idaho and outlines possible ways of developing an infrastructure which supports those activities. The end result will be regional multi-type library organizations with well-developed governance structures which support resource sharing activities locally,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Interlibrary Loans, Librarians