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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ762365 |
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- Browsing 101: How Do You Find a Good Book? Coleman, Jennifer Librarians Reading Material Selection Childrens Literature Simply defined, the term browsing means: "to casually look over or through an aggregate of things, especially in search of something of interest." When students come up to a librarian and say, "I don't know what book to get!" the cause is either they are not sure how to look through the collection of materials, or they are not sure where their interests lie. Usually a quick interview with the child gives the librarian an idea which problem is the case. It is now time to teach browsing strategies. Put a book in a child's hand without having the student become involved in the choosing is fine once or twice. Yet the real empowerment is teaching the child ways to browse, no matter the library setting. This article presents techniques for aiding the types of students who might need some help developing browsing strategies.