Citation #4

Lance, K. (2002). Impact of school library media programs on academic achievement. Teacher Librarian 29(3), 29-34.

Abstract: By mid 2001, researchers affiliated with the Library Research Service of the Colorado State Library and the University of Denver had completed four state-wide studies on the impact of school library media programs on the academic achievement of US public school students. Lance examines what factors contributed to improved learning by analyzing data from the original Colorado study.

Annotation: Keith Lance has conducted a wealth of research on the effect library media programs have on academic performance and is a well-regarded expert on the subject. This report provides conclusive evidence of a positive correlation across the four states studied, although each study varied on a number of factors.

Search Strategy: I performed an Author Search using the full-text Library Literature and Information Science database because his name appeared several times in my initial Dialog search.

Database: Library Literature and Information Science full-text

Method of Searching: Author Search (Library Literature and Information Science), Keyword Search (Dialog)

Search String: ? s (academic or education)()(achievement or performance) AND librar? (Dialog); Lance – author, personal and peer-reviewed (Library Literature and Information Science)