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At the reference desk, librarians engage in an often predictable sequence of instruction with students that centers on assisting students with focusing their topics before they can move to the information collection stage. It is an area of instruction that is often taken for granted and that most faculty are unaware of, but it is critical for successful student research papers. The author summarizes some of the strategies librarians use to assist students in focusing their topics and some suggestions for teaching faculty on how to build topic focus strategies into their research assignments.

Summarizes Carol Kuhlthau's research on the information search process. Discusses how Kuhlthau's model of students' information search process (ISP) has been integrated into a course at Arizona State University and is being used experimentally as a training tool in the library's reference services. Selected student responses to research process exercise and preliminary form are appended. (AEF)

In response to the escalating costs of offering free printing to library users, the Arizona State University West (ASUW) Library's technical staff devised a low-cost solution to allowing ASU users […]

In response to the escalating costs of offering free printing to library users, the Arizona State University West (ASUW) Library's technical staff devised a low-cost solution to allowing ASU users to log in and gain access to the library's printers while excluding non-ASU users from the printers. The solution was created in a Microsoft Windows client/server environment. A detailed description of the solution and scripts are offered to other libraries in the same environment that might find it useful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]