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Teaching the Catalog as a Reference Tool
2015
The Reference librarian
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Teaching an introductory reference course is challenging. We cover a wide range of content: explaining sources beyond students' everyday use of Google and Wikipedia; introducing the role of communication, including the reference interview, in handling reference queries; and practicing search strategies. Additionally, our approach to teaching should demonstrate good practices such as
doi:10.1080/02763877.2015.972915
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