This annotated bibliography and library guide were developed for use by nursing students at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island library. The bibliography covers handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other materials. The guide also includes information on locating relevant articles and how a researcher can obtain a…

This comprehensive bibliography lists 135 journal articles, books, conference papers, and documents on library use and library instruction for non-English speaking users. (MES)

Emphasizing journal literature from the late 1800's to the mid-1930's, this chronologically-arranged compilation annotates articles about library instruction in colleges, universities, and schools of teacher education in the United States. It provides access to secondary materials for historians and librarians interested in academic library…

The McLennan Library of McGill University has created these student guide bibliographies as library orientation tools. They cover reference materials in specific subject areas in the social science and humanities, with special reference to their locations in McLennan Library. The guides are intended for the master's level student and have proved…

This selected bibliography on the evaluation of library use instruction lists some of the more recent basic resources in education and psychology as well as in the library field. (Author/CLB)

Discusses library use instruction in public libraries. The need for instruction is examined, the commitment of public libraries to provide information rather than instruction is considered, academic library and public library users' attitudes are discussed, and a 105-item bibliography of descriptive literature on use instruction in public…

This collection of materials for a 2-day workshop on collaborative teaching, cooperative learning, critical thinking, and critical assessment of resources includes an agenda for each day; workshop goals; guidelines for preparing an annotation; a letter to participants that accompanied four articles for them to read before the workshop; information…

An outline of reference works on history is presented, with emphasis on those bibliographies which provide appropriate research tools and methodologies without restriction to a particular library. The guide is presented in six sections. Section I identifies guides to bibliographies and sources of bibliographies including standard historical…

Intended to focus attention on librarians' needs regarding coping with mental and physical occupational stress, this report summarizes the activities of a workshop on the concerns of librarian instructors held in the fall of 1979 by the California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction (CCLI); discusses the various definitions of burnout; and…

Describes a two-year plan for a library instruction program for teaching research skills to junior high school students. An annotated bibliography is presented that includes 14 books and 15 journal articles on instruction in library use, and a pre- and posttest for students is provided. (LRW)

Produced as part of an institute program on international students and the library, this annotated bibliography is designed to provide librarians with source materials to be used to assist both foreign students and immigrant students from non-English speaking countries in their adjustment to the educational system in the United States. The booklet…

Intended as an example for other college libraries, this collection of 38 pathfinders and bibliographies was developed by the reference staff of the Calvin Coolidge Library at Castleton State College, Vermont. Designed to present the types of literature available in particular subject fields and those works readily available in the Coolidge…

This two-part paper based on experience at the University of Michigan includes a discussion of the potential reference function of a residence hall library in a university setting and a bibliography of over 100 suggested reference tools for residence hall libraries. The residence hall library is presented as a place where students should be able…

This review of 64 recent works concerning research in library instruction at the college level attempts to place this research in the larger context of learning outcomes and instructional approaches for undergraduates teaching in general. A live lecturer presenting subject overviews to large audiences, small student-centered discussion groups, and…

This 129-item annotated bibliography lists materials published in 1987 dealing with orientation to library facilities and services, instruction in use of information resources, and research and computer skills related to retrieving and using information. Publications are included on all types of Libraries--academic, public, school, and…