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Students, librarians, and subject guides: improving a poor rate of return.

Librarians use subject guides to introduce students to library materials. Surveys, usability tests, and usage statistics demonstrate that students do not relate well to subject guides. We suggest that library resources organized or delivered at a course level are more in line with how undergraduate...

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Published in:Portal: Libraries & the Academy Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 123 - 131
Main Authors: Reeb B, Gibbons S
Format: Journal Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Jan2004
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