This practical resource gives academic librarians and school media specialists a complete instructional program for introducing students to the process of library research. The program has been tested and proven as an exceptionally effective method for guiding students in independent learning using library resources. The second edition of this highly regarded text incorporates use of newer library technologies into innovative process strategies, instructional plans, and coaching techniques. Seven basic steps of the research process are identified and described. Ready-to-use activities with worksheets are provided to help students achieve the specific task to be accomplished at each stage. In many ways the book is more timely than when the first edition was published in 1985. The library research process approach to learning integrates subject area content with essential information processing skills, preparing students to address real problems in real-world contexts in the information age. Cloth edition previously published in 1994. Paperback edition available April 2002.

"This professional resource is strongly recommended for secondary schools, particularly grades 9 to 13." - School Libraries In Canada

"Every librarian and teacher of middle school and high school students should be clutching this volume to their hearts and using it with delight and thanks....I further think this is a work which would benefit college teachers and even graduate professors." - VOYA

"Unlike other library-skills curriculum books...this book concentrates on the critical thinking, problem solving, and constructive processes of learning that students go through. The worksheets develop the cognitive and metacognitive strategies students need to complete the library research process successfully....highly recommended." - Rq

"...easy to use...the best book of its kind currently available..." - Library & Information Science Research

"Public librarians need to read this text so they will recognize the process in which students are engaged." - Public Library Quarterly

"This book will be most useful when both a library media specialist and teacher take it to heart." - Library Journal

"This practical resource will be especially useful to assist library media specialists and teachers, particularly teachers of English or social science, in forming a partnership to develop a complete instructional program for introducing students to the process of library research." - Australian Library Journal