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Schumacher, Mark – RQ, 1986
Educational research textbooks often portray online computer searching as available only from distant database producers, or as something students can do for themselves without assistance from a reference librarian/search intermediary. User education may be needed in this area to correct users' misconceptions. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Graduate Study
Saddler, Virginia B. – 1970
A study was made to discover how the public school educator views the library and its librarian and what attempts are made in Kentucky teacher training institutions to offer instruction in the use of library facilities. Specific questions involved the image and role of libraries in education textbooks and courses, and the implications of that…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Education Courses, Library Instruction, Library Role
Lent, John – 1991
This study examines the treatment given to libraries, librarians, and library usage in freshman English textbooks. The study follows criteria established by Virginia Tiefel ("Libraries and Librarians as Depicted in Freshman English Textbooks," College English 44, September 1982) in a study of texts published between 1952 and 1980. Tiefel found…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, College Freshmen, Content Analysis