Reviews briefly the state of library instruction in today's academic libraries. Discusses three approaches to teaching library skills at the freshman level and details the author's experiences in working with a freshman composition course. (HTH)

Diagrams a research or bibliographic loop that gives order and direction to the research process by enabling students to go beyond the usual unsystematic reliance on such limited and elementary resources as "The Reader's Guide." Includes a general explanation of the loop, illustrating its use in recent research. (HTH)