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Martin, Rebecca – Illinois Libraries, 1999
Directed at the novice selector of Latin American literature in Spanish, this article suggests a strategy and tools for collecting these titles. Sources consulted for selecting this literature; book dealers, vendors, and publishers with a strong literary focus, and useful World Wide Web sites are appended. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Latin American Literature, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection
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Valeri-Gold, Maria; Commander, Nanette Evans – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Describes the rationale for implementing a book club or a book discussion in college developmental reading classes in order to offer both the instructor and the students a chance to interact with the text and peers. Gives instructions on how one can implement a book club including details about the entire process. (Contains 18 references and 2…
Descriptors: Books, Community Colleges, Reading Assignments, Reading Attitudes
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Discusses selection of Internet ready-reference sources for a home page or bookmark list. Notes that teachers and students should participate in the selection process and suggests activities for students to make their own evaluation criteria. Provides a list of geographic information and government information sites and makes comments about them.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Sources, Internet
Jansen, Barbara A. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Focuses on ideas and strategies to help students identify appropriate resources for specific research tasks. Highlights include three processes for working through assignments, brainstorming and narrowing the list of sources, using a checklist of primary sources, and other considerations. (AEF)
Descriptors: Assignments, Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1994
This ERIC curriculum package is intended to help people use the ERIC database, and may be used in a workshop setting under the guidance of a trainer or independently by individuals who want to learn about the ERIC system and how they can search the database and use its contents and services. The package consists of the following parts: (1) a…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers