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Research guides as library instruction tools

Bradley Brazzeal (Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA)

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Publication date: 1 July 2006

Abstract

Purpose

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The purpose of this study is to examine how guidelines for information literacy and library instruction can be incorporated into online research guides and provide examples from guides that have done this.

Design/methodology/approach

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Online research guides in forestry were identified and examined using the ACRL's “Information literacy competency standards for higher education” and guidelines for library instruction set forth in LaGuardia and Oka's Becoming a Library Teacher.

Findings

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While some research guides simply provide unannotated links to online resources, others seek to engage the user by incorporating features that correspond directly to elements of a library instruction session.

Originality/value

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The study presents practical ways in which online research guides can serve as library instruction tools.

Keywords

  • Research
  • Guides and handbooks
  • Library instruction
  • Literacy
  • Forestry

Citation

Brazzeal, B. (2006), "Research guides as library instruction tools", Reference Services Review, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 358-367. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320610685319

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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