Library Instruction Round Table

Critical Thinking Bibliography

Prepared for the 1997 LIRT Conference Program
Focus on the Student: Emphasizing Learning Styles


Articles

Atton, Chris. F.
Using Critical Thinking as a Basis for Library User Education. Journal of Academic Librarianship 20 (1994: 310-13.
Exercises included in an undergraduate BI course encourage students to analyze and evaluate information and retrieval methods.

Bailin, Sharon.
Epilogue: Problems in Conceptualizing Good Thinking. (Part of a symposium on: Creative and Critical Thinking.) The American Behavioral Scientist 37 (1993): 156-164.

Baron Ann E.
Multimedia Research Reports. Reference Librarian 44 (1994): 71-82.
Discusses the advantages of multimedia research projects, including critical thinking skills, student motivation and cooperation and collaboration.

Farah. B. D.
Information literacy: Retooling Evaluation Skills in the Electronic Information Environment. Journal of Educational Technology Systems 24 (1995-96): 127-33. Discusses the integration of information literacy skills into classroom activities in order to more fully exploit electronic resources. Topics include critical thinking skills, context in the curriculum, the impact of technology, and literature reviews.

Fernandez, G.
Critical Thinking in Library User Education. Florida Librarian 38 (1995): 124.

Kloss, R. J.
Writing Things Down vs. Writing Things Up: Are Research Papers Valid. College Teaching 44 (1996): 3-7.

Leckie, G. J.
Desperately Seeking Citations: Uncovering Faculty Assumptions About the Undergraduate Research Process. Journal of Academic Librarianship 22 (1996): 201-208.

Madge, C.
More than Books: Use of a Problem-solving Exercise to Explore University Library Resources. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 19 (1995): 69-72. Describes a problem-solving exercise used to develop transferable skills through student exploration of university.

Mancall, J. A., and S. Walker.
Educating Students to Think: The Role of the School Library Media Program. School Library Media Quarterly 15 (1986): 18-27.

Moe, Laura.
Partnering: Teachers and Library Media Specialists. Ohio Media Spectrum 46 (1994): 10-13.

Books

Chaffee, J.
Thinking Critically , 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997

Halpern, D. F. & Associates.
Changing College Classrooms: New Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994

Halpern D. F.
Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, 3rd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates, 1996.

Harrison, S. L.
Thinking Across the Curriculum. Grand Rapids, MI: Instructional Fair, 1994.

Kiniry, Malcom & M. Rose.
Critical Strategies for Academic Thinking and Writing: A Text and Reader. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1993.

Laguardia, D. & H. P. Guth.
American Voices: Multicultural Literacy and Critical Thinking. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Pub. Co., 1996

Missimer, C. A.
Good Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.

Ruggiero, V. R.
The art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, 5th ed. New York: Longman, 1997.

Wilks, S.
Critical & Creative Thinking: Strategies for Classroom Inquiry. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995.

Yucht, A. H.
Flip it! For Information Literacy Skills. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth, 1997.

Electronic Resources

Champeli, L.
A School Media Specialists Introductory Guide to Developing Critical Thinking and Inquiry Skills Using Web-based Resources and Activities
This guide identifies some of the resources on the web that define critical thinking and support educators in their effort to help students become information literate.
<URL: http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/webinq.html >

Critical Thinking Community.
Provides workshop information, educators' resources, book and video story and library of critical thinking articles for colleges, universities, secondary and primary levels.
<URL: http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/>

Critical Thinking in Secondary Schools.
A bibliography of resources.
<URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/crit-sec.html>

Illinois State Library. (June 7, 1996).
Kids and Libraries-Caught Up in Reading and the Net Developing Critical Thinking for Internet Users.
Lists web sites that deal with evaluative information, new information, and research-related information.
<URL: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/library/programs/kids/eval_cr.html

THINK-L, Critical Thinking Discussion List
THINK-L is a mailing list for the discussion of critical thinking. Membership to the group is available to anyone. To join the group, send the following message:
    "sub THINK-L FirstName LastName
to the following address:
    listserv@umslvma.umsl.edu

Zieger, Laura Bardoff. (Spring 1995).
Critical Thinking Resources: An Annotated Bibliography.
Bibliographies and Selection Aids, Professional Books, Methodology Texts, Activities/Manipulatives, Audio Visuals, and Computer Software/Multimedia.
<URL: http://www.montclair.edu/Pages/CRC/Bibliographies/Critical Thinking.html>

Compiled by: Carolyn McIntosh
John F. Kennedy Library
California State University, Los Angeles
January 1997
Contact Billie Peterson-Lugo (Billie_Peterson@baylor.edu) about these pages.
Last Updated: Content: 15 April 2001 -- Billie Peterson-Lugo; Graphics: 15 April 2001-- Jana Ronan