TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this study is to examine how guidelines for information literacy and library instruction can be incorporated into online research guides and provide examples from guides that have done this.Design/methodology/approach– Online research guides in forestry were identified and examined using the ACRL's “Information literacy competency standards for higher education” and guidelines for library instruction set forth in LaGuardia and Oka's Becoming a Library Teacher.Findings– While some research guides simply provide unannotated links to online resources, others seek to engage the user by incorporating features that correspond directly to elements of a library instruction session.Originality/value– The study presents practical ways in which online research guides can serve as library instruction tools. VL - 34 IS - 3 SN - 0090-7324 DO - 10.1108/00907320610685319 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320610685319 AU - Brazzeal Bradley PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - Research guides as library instruction tools T2 - Reference Services Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 358 EP - 367 Y2 - 2024/06/05 ER -