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Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED367318
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  • Library Skills, English 200/201. Merrill Library, Utah State University. Access to Information College Libraries Course Integrated Library Instruction Higher Education Information Literacy Information Seeking Library Guides Library Instruction Library Skills Orientation Materials Reference Services Research Skills This manual describes the library instruction program taken as a part of English 200/201 at Utah State University. This manual is meant to be read after completing Project FORE, a computer-assisted instruction program at Merrill Library (Utah State University). Project FORE and this manual review the skills needed to retrieve information on research topics. This manual reviews the following topics: (1) selecting a topic; (2) locating background information; (3) locating books in Merrill Library, including Library of Congress Subject Headings, MERLIN, and classification systems; (4) locating periodical articles, including indexes both in print and online and abstracts and CD-ROM databases; (5) locating journals in Merrill Library; (6) interlibrary loan services; (7) evaluating sources; and (8) research strategies. A test is included to review the skills discussed in the manual. (JLB)