Prepared for students who participate in the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Library Instruction Program (LIP), this document is both a working syllabus for classroom use and an outline of the lecture presentations given by librarian instructors, though it can also be used as a reference guide to review library research methods, major bibliographical and information sources, and the various procedures in constructing a search strategy. Three features facilitate its usefulness: (1) questions, selected from actual ones asked frequently at the reference desks, introduce the chapters; (2) instruction in the selection and content of reference sources is accomplished with annotated, sample pages from bibliographies, indexes, and catalogs; (3) the summary chapter, "Search Strategy," presents a flexible model of library research methodology. The order of the chapters logically proceeds from a description of the library with floor plans, to the card catalog, filing rules, subject headings, classification and location, bibliographies, indexes, reference works, biographical dictionaries, book reviews, and government publications. A short chapter on style manuals is also provided. (Author/JD)