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Peer reviewedLipow, Anne Grodzins – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discusses the idea of including information about the MARC format in library online catalog instruction. Difficulties that users encounter when using different online catalogs with different formats are discussed, and a presentation developed at the University of California at Berkeley to explain the MARC format to users is described. (three…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedBodi, Sonia – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Discussion of the difficulties undergraduates have with the research process focuses on the research process of scholars and suggests guiding questions for students to ask. Highlights include finding a topic and its focus; selecting a search method; the role of the librarian; and evaluating Web sites. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedCheney, Debora – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discusses training for online searching and describes how librarians can use evaluation-based methods to teach end users how to produce quality search results. Topics discussed include teaching end users to ask appropriate questions, teaching needed analytical and technical skills, and teaching the use of a simplified search model. (17 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Utilization, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedRen, Wen-Hua – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Explores whether library instruction can enhance college students' self-efficacy in electronic information searching. Assesses self-efficacy before and after library instruction; examines how self-esteem is related to students' attitudes toward acquiring electronic search skills, their emotions, and search performance; and discusses implications…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedManzari, Laura – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses library instruction in the use of CD-ROMs and describes results of a survey of CD-ROM users at C.W. Post College (NY), including characteristics of CD-ROM users, evaluating searches, advanced search techniques, learning and using the system, and changes in CD-ROM users from 1992 to 1996. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFister, Barbara – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Fourteen undergraduate students who had successfully completed research projects were surveyed on their research processes, including focusing their topic, finding and using evidence, and writing. Their responses revealed significant differences between the way they actually do research and standard search strategies, and the implications of these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Reference Materials
Peer reviewedSchwartz, 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
