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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893709181Author Michael BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Borgo PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 282g

Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-generation students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success. Demographic data and secondary school graduation...

The 1994 conference of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries drew together an exceptional group of invited speakers and contributed papers. They represent a summary of the developments in libraries and information services in the...

Very few issues are as important as education today and Dr. Coleman weds extant research with personal experiences to provide a contextual framework from which the reader can garner a more intense understanding of the issues. She covers such issues as...

Teachers of political science, social studies, and economics, as well as school library media specialists, will find this resource invaluable for incorporating the Internet into their classroom lessons. Over 150 primary source Web sites are referenced...

Selected papers presented by leading professionals at a Mid-Year Conference of the American Society for Information Science, along with additional commentary by guest editors comprise this volume, which condenses a broad range of information into a...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780872878068Author Jack D. GlazierFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Libraries Unlimited IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

We need today to guide students to adaptable lifelong learning through an understanding of the broader concepts of information-seeking and variable presentation. Here, the best insight and advice on how to do that is drawn from the top-notch writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837160610Author Alice S. ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780897747257Author Virginia A. WalterFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book discusses both the philosophy of language and linguistic philosophy.Book InformationISBN 9780313256417Author David E. CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 233Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Benson's bibliography is a valuable contribution to the study of the dying child and the sensitive issues that the family, medical staff, school personnel, and others must face when confronted with this challenge. Comprehensive annotations, some as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893917326Author Charles R. McClureFormat PaperbackImprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977861798Author Mary Louise RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Library Juice PressPublisher Library Juice PressWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977861774Author Alison LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Library Juice PressPublisher Library Juice PressWeight(grams) 189g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313209826Author Charles H. DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 305Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Successful after-school programs are just a part of this detailed study of the impact of unsupervised or latchkey children on the community in general and on libraries in particular. For school librarians who have found themselves in the new and...

This popular collection of 22 program plans includes introductions for read-alouds and booktalks and suggestions on how to use such other materials as poetry, participation books, songs, fingerplays, action rhymes, films, and filmstrips. An annotated...

Business information is in strong demand by a wide range of library patrons. Academic librarians must meet the needs of undergraduates, graduates, and faculty who require information about businesses for their coursework and research; school librarians...

The techniques of time management explained in this handbook provide a framework from which professional librarians in academic, public, and special libraries can benefit. Included are time management techniques for one's personal work habits, techniques...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548984Author Michele Valerie CloonanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

The era of the new information revolution is arriving faster than any other era in the history of humanity-and its implications for communication, work, democracy, and education are discussed in detail in this volume. New Information Revolution includes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893918101Author Howard WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Strong archival programs are rare, in part because the archival field has not given sustained attention to program leadership and management issues over the years. As a consequence, many programs are underfunded and undersupported and lack sufficient...

Journals offer young people a safe place to reflect, reminisce, dream, explore feelings and relationships, set goals, solve problems, celebrate themselves, and yes, even practice writing. In this book the authors detail myriad fascinating possibilities...

Mahan's highly practical treatise was the first American work to relate clearly tactical and technical aspects of fortification practice. Many of the basic principles and ideas he set forth were put to use in the Civil War.Book InformationISBN...

Insightful commentary, suggestions for discussion and activities, and a bibliography of further resources accompany Livo's innovative collection of stories that deal with children's most common fears. A specific fear is dealt with in each chapter, which...

Detailed annotations (100-150 words) on some 500 items focus on articles, books, and book chapters published from 1980 through 1991 and important classic items published prior to 1980. With both scholarly/theoretical and practical how-to perspectives,...

"Full of advocacy and analysis on the application of knowledge management to universities. This book will provide a great start." - Thomas H. Davenport, director, Andersen Consulting Institute for Strategic Change, and professor, Boston...

Literature-Based Art & Music is both a guide to exciting books and a blueprint for rewarding activities that contribute to student achievement within elementary school programs. This book is the ideal handbook for achieving the goals of your...

Emerging from the Children's Literature Assembly's postconference workshop following the 1999 NCTE fall conference, this compilation of delivered speeches and reflective chapters offers insight into the broad development of American children's literature...

Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12. It is filled with over 75 primary source Internet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313257773Author Belver C. GriffithFormat HardbackPage Count 439Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313226847Author Myra MaconFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Literature can play an important role in helping young children cope with developmental changes and deal with the external world. This volume offers a guide to books published between 1980 and 1985 that preschool children enjoy and that at the same time...

Helping you encourage children's interest in history and social studies, this valuable selection guide presents the best biographies of nearly 300 notable men and women, including such high-interest people as Oprah Winfrey, Pocahontas, Jesse Owens, Jane...

This one-stop cross-cultural selective guide to recent retellings of myths and hero tales for children and young adults will enable teachers and library media specialists to select comparative myths and tales from various, mostly non-European cultures...

This book is an essential text if you seek information about censorship in schools and school libraries. The author takes you from the beginning of public education to current issues involving censorship, with detailed descriptions of the materials that...

Gerard McCabe's Operations Handbook for the Small Academic Library fills a real need. It should be of substantial benefit to many librarians working in such settings. The editor has done a good job of identifying the issues, finding a range of skilled...

This comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date guide will help the preservice and in-service library media specialist to develop an information services program to meet the changing curricular needs of high schools and to integrate information access and...