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Humeston, Helen – Research Strategies, 1994
Presents a simple four-step method bibliographic instruction librarians can use to teach students how to design an effective search strategy. Using the image of a clock face, students learn how to make explicit connections among the search statement, types of library materials, and access tools in formulating a research plan. (22 references)…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Diagrams, Higher Education, Illustrations
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Eadie, Tom; And Others – Research Strategies, 1992
Presents five papers from the American Library Association's June 27, 1992, conference session, "The Right to Know: Will Changing Our Instruction Methods Empower the Public," in which panelists debate the design and impact of bibliographic instruction and the provision of reference services in academic and high school libraries. (EA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Credit Courses
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Tate, Marsha Ann; Powell, Mike; Alexander, Janet – Research Strategies, 2000
Provides a model for librarians to expand their traditional teaching roles in order to reach users outside the library building. Describes the development of a series of modules designed to teach users how to do research on the Web based on experiences at Widener University, and considers future possibilities. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Instruction
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Lawry, Martha – Research Strategies, 1986
Examines the reasons why "more" subject access in online catalogs is not necessarily "better" and recommends that librarians prepare a statement informing users of what they need to know before using the catalog and how best to make use of its listing. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Indexing, Instructional Materials
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Morganti, Deena J.; Buckalew, Flora C. – Research Strategies, 1991
Discussion of team teaching focuses on librarians team teaching a course on information search strategy at the Pennsylvania State Berks Campus Library. Course requirements are described, planning for the course is discussed, grading practices are reviewed, and course and instructor evaluations are described. (two references) (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Grading
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Reich, Phyllis – Research Strategies, 1986
Teaching how to choose a research topic in a bibliographic instruction class should emphasize the underlying methods and principles of library research while making research tools as unobtrusive as possible. This approach teaches the basics of scientific inquiry and provides a structure in which to teach library skills. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills
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Ward, Sandra N. – Research Strategies, 1985
Discusses challenges and results of integrating hands-on DIALOG labs into several Stanford University undergraduate courses (small library-oriented course, small subject-specific seminar, large health policy lecture course) to arouse student interest in information retrieval strategies and "demystify" computer searching. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Biology, College Libraries, Course Evaluation, Higher Education
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Marley, Judith L.; Price, Harry E. – Research Strategies, 1992
For a music history research class, the students at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) must examine a musical artifact of their choice, thus learning standard and nonstandard research strategies. Utilizing both group instruction and individual tutorials, the music librarian and course professor teach cooperatively so that students use critical…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Historiography, Individualized Instruction
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Hansen, Kathleen A. – Research Strategies, 1992
Describes a course on information gathering and evaluation that is required for journalism and mass communication majors at the University of Minnesota. Search strategies and the search process are emphasized; weekly assignments and requirements for the final project are explained; and goals and objectives of the course are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Course Objectives, Higher Education
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Brown, Janet Dagenais – Research Strategies, 1997
Describes the approach and materials for an undergraduate workshop in research skills and analyzes its successes and failures. Outlines steps to "Power Researching," questions to ask about topics, how to read and write citations, and evaluation of information sources. Provides a bibliography of sources on the search process, topic analysis and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria
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Cohen, Laura B. – Research Strategies, 2005
An instruction program that covers search tools on the Web should incorporate a user's information need as the basis for teaching these tools. This article lays the theoretical groundwork for such a query-based approach, deriving its argument from the literature published in the early days of databases in libraries. A review of recent literature…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Internet, Search Strategies, Librarians
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Krikos, Linda – Research Strategies, 1995
Describes how the development of a women's studies component for the Gateway to Information (a front-end interface to Ohio State University's online library catalog and other reference sources) minimized the special challenges facing students conducting research on women and changes the focus of bibliographic instruction. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
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Cardwell, Catherine; Furlong, Katherine; O'Keeffe, Julie – Research Strategies, 2002
Describes personalized research clinics (PRC) programs at three diverse institutions: Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania), Marquette University (Wisconsin), and Bowling Green State University (Ohio). Addresses logistics, publicity methods, program analysis, and assessment issues, and weighs the benefits of the labor-intensive service against other…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
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Geffert, Bryn – Research Strategies, 1995
Many problems encountered by students when using online catalogs arise from an unfamiliarity with record structure and its impact on electronic searching. A MARC-based presentation delivered during freshman orientation at Saint Olaf College is described, and a sample MARC record and script are provided. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, College Freshmen, Electronic Text, Higher Education
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Bopp, Richard E.; Van Der Laan, Sharon J. – Research Strategies, 1985
Presents a search strategy for locating time-series or cross-sectional statistical data in published sources which was designed for undergraduate students who require 30 units of data for five separate variables in a statistical model. Instructional context and the broader applicability of the search strategy for general statistical research is…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Economics Education, Flow Charts, Higher Education
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