Information-finding and the education of scholars: Teaching electronic access in disciplinary context

Support is given for current opinion and practice in extending BI in academic libraries to larger forms of electronic access. It is argued, however, that the BI model of offering isolated classes is inappropriate-it ignores the fact that information-finding is best taught as part of the broader scholarly process and the reality that exposure to systems like the World Wide Web is increasingly initiated in academic courses. An argument for a team-teaching model of information-finding instruction is presented. In this, the needs of a particular population, doctoral students, are emphasized. This reflects the specific concerns of this group and the overall importance of information-finding in the larger process of research design.