by:
Chelton, Mary K.

Publisher:
Scarecrow Press
Published:June 15, 2004
ISBN:081084981X
Format:Paperback
Pages:336

Description: From School Library Journal
In a thorough, well-organized presentation of what is needed to teach research adequately, but which few if any professionals have the resources or timeandndash;mostly timeandndash;to implement, Cool introduces the topic by providing a literature review of how children learned to use electronic resources during the 1980s and '90s. What follows are a dozen studies of search behavior in various environments, including what a research library should look like from a child's perspective. The reports move from studies of early elementary through adolescence, concluding with Chelton's take on what the future portends as well as a massive bibliography (in addition to extensive notes at the end of each research report). This volume would be an excellent addition to the school library curriculum at graduate schools, but most working librarians are likely to find the enormity of what must be done, compared to the time they are allotted to do it, a depressing experience without a resident Rumpelstiltskin to perform miracles.andndash;Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
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