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Discusses ways for school librarians to work with students on research assignments. Cooperation between teacher and librarian; Assessment of reference materials; Assistance to students. INSET: We didn't start the fire (suggested research project), by D....

Part II. Provides tips in the management of paperworks by librarians. Establishment of a place to receive and sort out incoming papers; Segregation of papers according to use and placing inside labelled folders; Advantage of rearranging the desk in a way to make files easier to find.

Offers tips and ideas for librarians. Preview of new materials and equipment; Trivia contests; Captions on library display cases; Paper conservation tips; Marketing of fall media programs; Award ceremonies; Magazine circulation; Recycling of index replacements; Tracking of remote controls.

Describes techniques librarians use to relate the resources of the library to the questions and problems of everyday life, teaching students that libraries are resources for life. Alternative to the traditional term paper and transition into adult world; Teaching students to brainstorm and develop list of possible career subject headings. INSET: Researching for life..

Discusses how the author, a school librarian, places herself on the other side of the desk to empathize with the students who are faced with writing their first research papers. What it was like for her to be in this position; How she hopes the lessons she learned as a student will help librarians and teachers; Lessons learned; More.

Discusses the importance of research. Search and re-search process; Personal qualities necessary for research; Writing of a research paper in terms of a private eye's investigation; Skimming and scanning as essential skills; Role of critical reading and writing; Problem with research papers; Research as tool in teaching students higher-order thinking skills; Focus on strategies and techniques.

Suggests the use of audiovisual equipment and materials to help save paper and the environment. Overhead projectors; Opaque projectors; Filmstrips; Computer screen projection; Paper recycling.

Provides an overview on a school orientation program designed to prepare students for the task of writing research papers. Integration of the subjects of science and English on research and writing; Teaching students library skills in a meaningful manner; Students' receipt of instruction in writing bibliographic citations for their sources.

Focuses on the online school newspaper of the Muscatine High School in Iowa. Challenges on the development of the school newspaper; Change in the newspaper publishing format; Impact of Internet technology in the promotion of the school paper; Contribution of language arts teacher Mary Goedken in the newspaper success.

Provides ways for school librarians to conserve library supplies. Placing of recycling boxes in teacher workrooms to collect discarded paper for stretching budget for computer printouts; Asking of campaign committees for candidates' posters after elections for using the unprinted side for poster making in the classrooms.

Profiles journalist Sandra Gardner. Encounter with violent gang members through interviews; Books for teenagers dealing with gangs, suicide and courage; Enthusiasm for writing term papers; Tenure with `The New York Times' newspaper; Focus on nonfiction writing; Comments by Gardner.

Discusses the advantages of using electronic research sources in libraries. Acceptance of trial offer; Access Co.'s `Magazine Index' database; Appeal to students' love of technology; Advantages of microfiche versions over paper copies; Use of computer; Ability to use Boolean searching; Use of key words instead of official subject headings; Value of CD-ROM-based indexes; Students' learning of an information skill as a final payoff.

Discusses the use of audiovisual materials as information sources for students' research papers. Use of nonprint materials for media literacy; Role of librarians in the research process with nonprint materials; Librarians' hesitancy to purchase videocassettes because of the cost; Introduction of nonprint to teachers and students; Strategy for viewing and listening; Bibliographic format for different nonprint media.

Discusses the development of a research project for students which focus on the 1960s era. Contrast with a traditional research paper; Division of American history classes into cooperative learning groups; Gathering of oral histories; Random selection of subtopics; Development of a set of questions to get primary source information; Research of second sources; Use of assignment for a composition class; Transcription of taped interviews.

Describes an oral history project at a Charlotte, North Carolina high school, in which students interviewed friends and relatives about several subjects. Groundrules for the interview; Role playing interviews; Conducting the interview; Writing the paper. INSET: Some more resources...;Related readings..

Features the Web site CountryWatch.com, an encyclopedic reference offering access from a text interface or a world map. Arrangement of information by world region then alphabetically by country; Data provided by each windows; Details of new items from international papers; List of authoritative source materials found in the site.

Provides tips of interest to secondary school librarians and teachers. Installing clipboards in racks by the main door to the media center for use of students to keep papers and search strategy forms; Compiling sites reviewed and recommended by students in an icon called `Webliography'; Capabilities and uses of PowerPoint.

Explains how small steps taken now to keep the library environment safe for perishable paper may ensure that the readers of 2030 will enjoy 1992 publications. Ways that librarians can protect library materials; Lighting; Storage.

Provides tips for librarianship. Use of solid-color plastic tablecloth to cover the backgrounds of the library showcases; Benefits of rewarding accelerated readers; Approaches to compel highschool students return overdue library materials.