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Annis Lee Adams; Stephanie Alexander; Sharon Radcliff – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
This study was designed to inform the renaming of a credit-bearing information literacy course. Researchers surveyed librarians to gather existing information literacy course titles. They also surveyed and held focus groups with students to learn what students consider when choosing electives, to understand how well the researchers' current…
Descriptors: College Students, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Mills, Jenny; Wiley, Claire; Williams, Judy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education calls on librarians to teach complex concepts rather than discrete skills, but many librarians have struggled with implementing such teaching. This article reports on a revised lesson for information literacy instruction in First Year Writing classes, created using Grant Wiggins and Jay…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Writing Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty
Dempsey, Paula R.; Jagman, Heather – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Qualitative analysis of reflective essays by first-year students in an academic skills course documented outcomes related to the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Student narratives showed how novices encounter the clusters of concepts described in the Framework as…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Qualitative Research, Academic Ability, Information Literacy
Cox, Christopher – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
Federated search products are becoming more and more prevalent in academic libraries. What are the implications of this phenomenon for instruction librarians? An analysis of federated search products using the "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" and a thorough review of the literature offer insight concerning whether…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Search Strategies
Brunvand, Amy; Pashkova-Balkenhol, Tatiana – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
Among librarians, government information has a reputation for being a valuable but underused resource. A literature review of undergraduate citation studies, however, reveals that the use of government information has apparently increased so much for some subject areas that, after books and journals, it has become one of the most frequently used…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Information Literacy, User Needs (Information), Librarians
Novotny, Eric; Cahoy, Ellysa Stern – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
A usability study was undertaken at Penn State University to explore how students search the library's online catalog after they have received library instruction. In 2004, eight first-year students received library instruction and were subsequently recruited for the study. Participants were recorded using the online catalog, and a think-aloud…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Search Strategies, Online Catalogs, Online Systems
Lightman, Harriet; Reingold, Ruth N. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
The authors report on the planning, execution, and future of Northwestern University's Introduction to Electronic Resources/Humanities Computing Training Day, a mandatory one-day set of classes for first-year doctoral students in humanities disciplines. The project is a collaborative effort among the Office of the Dean of the Weinberg College of…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Research Libraries, Humanities
Reeb, Brenda; Gibbons, Susan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
Librarians use subject guides to introduce students to library materials. Surveys, usability tests, and usage statistics demonstrate that students do not relate well to subject guides. We suggest that library resources organized or delivered at a course level are more in line with how undergraduate students approach library research. (Contains 26…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Library Materials, Library Research, User Needs (Information)