Designed to acquaint undergraduate students at the University of Utah with basic library resources and materials, the program of instruction presented can be used as a self-paced tool either in course related instruction or as an independent offering. A section containing floor plans of the University's Marriott Library illustrates the location of…

This guide is designed to help answer some of the questions that high school students frequently ask when using the Sangamon State University (SSU) Library. The library collection is designed to support the curriculum of the university, an upper-division and graduate institution stressing liberal arts and public affairs, and materials for courses…

Successful completion of this self-paced library workbook is a course requirement of all second semester freshman English students at the University of Arkansas. The workbook contains 18 chapters. A brief introduction and instructions for using the workbook precede the library tour in Chapter 1, and the remaining 17 chapters discuss specific…

This workbook provides an introduction to the library of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and its online catalog system, LUIS (Library User Information Service). A description of the arrangement of the library is followed by instructions for using the online catalog, including searching by author, title, or subject, and information…

Designed to help students acquire basic library skills, this handbook provides an introduction to the services and types of materials offered by the Cumberland County College Library (New Jersey). The handbook is arranged in the following sections: (1) a listing of the hours and services of the library; (2) an explanation of how books are arranged…

Part of the library education program, these 12 information guides provide an introduction to the J. Paul Leonard Library's services and general information on access to specific types of materials. The following numbered guides are included: (1) Library Services; (2) Library Hours; (3) Library Floor Plan; (4) How to Use the Card Catalog; (5) The…

This self-paced library workbook is a course requirement of all "technical writing" freshman English classes at the University of Arkansas. The technical writing course is required of all engineering students, and its major focus is on writing a term paper containing a bibliography produced through library research. The workbook…

Designed to help students acquire basic library skills, this handbook provides an introduction to the services and types of materials offered by the Wichita (Kansas) State University (WSU) Library. The handbook is arranged in three parts: (1) listings of the hours and services of the library together with the locations and types of materials; (2)…

This workbook is designed to teach students basic library skills and to aid them in the compilation of a bibliography for a research paper. Following an introduction and an explanation of a simple research strategy, there are five sections in the workbook, each with a corresponding worksheet. The first section includes library floor plans and…

Prepared by the reference faculty of the Ramsey Library at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, this guide is the primary text for Bibliography 101, a one-hour course designed to help undergraduate students acquire basic understandings of the range of information resources available, how information is organized, and how it can be…

Intended to provide a basic overview of the facilities and resources of the library on the Allentown Campus of Pennsylvania State University, this student workbook is designed to familiarize students with what is available to them in the library; to introduce them to skills likely to be used in varying degrees throughout life, regardless of what…

These worksheets are designed for the high school student with basic library skills (i.e., experience with a few basic indexes and reference resources) who is now moving from the secondary school library environment into a university library environment. It is designed to provide that familiarity with the university library environment and…

This workbook is designed to introduce the Harvey A. Andruss Library at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) to a novice user. It is one component in a self-paced unit in library instruction which also includes an exercise book and a computerized tour of the library. Chapter 1 is concerned with the orientation of the library and covers its…

In Fall 1984, the Library User Education (LUE) coordinator of Jerome Library at Bowling Green State University introduced a library research skills component to a writing course required of all undergraduate students. The component consisted of two parts: a self-guided tour with questions, and basic library research skills guides with worksheets…

This videotape provides an overview of the materials and services available in a typical library. Designed to interest elementary and middle school children in exploring the library, the video features a young host who tells children about the Dewey Decimal system and goes behind the scenes to see how a library works. The library does not only…