library orientation for high school students

Presents a curriculum unit for teaching the I-Search process to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade, a method that uses the power of student interests to build a personal understanding of the research process and encourage stronger writing skills.

Provides different ways for involving high school students in research, with the first part telling what resource-based learning is and the second part giving activity plans that have been used successfully by secondary teachers and librarians.

Contains scripted research lessons designed to help library media specialists manage information in a practical way.

Presents lists of print and Web resources on stem cells, racial profiling, same-sex marriage, and over sixty other divisive subjects, librarians may use to help students with research, and offers advice on how to build an environment of inquiry at school.

Provides media specialists with a variety of lessons plans and ideas for use in instructing students in grades six through twelve on the use of electronic technology, covering topics that include the electronic card catalog, online services, and desktop publishing.

Explains the nine information literacy standards for student learning identified by the American Association of School Librarians, and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology; and provides guidelines library professionals can use to teach students these skills.

Presents strategies and logical processes for teaching library research projects in secondary schools.

Contains thirty lesson plans for developing library research skills in students, each including a statement of objectives, background information, reproducible activity sheets, and an answer key.