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'''Library instruction''' includes [[instruction]] on both how to evaluate information resources and how to use [[library]] resources such as the [[library catalog]] or other [[bibliographic databases]]. It prepares individuals to make immediate and lifelong use of information effectively by teaching the concepts and logic of information access, and by fostering information independence and critical thinking.

A related term, [[information literacy]], "is the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information. It is the knowledge of commonly used research techniques."<ref>(University of Idaho. (2008)." Information Literacy. http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy</ref>

Some debate exists within the library community about whether instruction on how to use library systems is necessary, or if efforts are better spent making systems easier to use such that they require no instruction.

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* Teifel, V. (1995). Library user education: Examining its past, projecting its future. ''Library trends'', (Fall), 318-38.

* Tucker, J. M. (1980). ''Articles on library instruction in colleges and universities, 1876-1932''. ERIC ED 187 330.

* University of Idaho. (2008). Information Literacy. http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy

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