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The intent of this exploratory study is to identify the information-seeking behaviors used by community college students when using information resources to complete a writing assignment, the expectations that faculty have in regard to that writing assignment and the role librarians can play in that process through information literacy instruction. The population identified for this study was the population of community college students in Pennsylvania involved with their first writing assignment and who may or may not have had exposure to an information literacy instruction class. Pennsylvania community colleges were chosen because Pennsylvania does not have a statewide community college system. Based on analysis of findings from the interactions among students, faculty and librarians, the researcher outlines some best practices for community colleges in Pennsylvania to adopt and proposes a model for instruction based on those practices. The best practices include: 1) faculty and librarian collaboration to address advanced information literacy instruction needs of students to complete the writing assignment successfully, 2) allocation of more time by faculty for librarians to instruct students on advanced searching skills and citation formats, 3) development and adoption by community college librarians of a set of standardized learning objectives based on performance indicators outlined by the Association of College and Research Libraries to ensure that all students receive the skills necessary to provide a strong foundation for using library resources.
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Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.
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