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School Libraries Work! Below is a list of resources and studies from peer reviewed journals that demonstrate how school libraries help improve student achievement.

Library Research Service Impact Studies website
This site has lists of numerous studies of school libraries and includes condensed information sheets in pdf format.

Canadian School Library Information Portal
Includes links to accessible articles that explain why school libraries are a central, indispensable resource.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bogel, Gayle. “School Libraries Play an Active, Transformational Role in Student Learning and Achievement.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 1.4 (2006): 49-53.

Dent, Valeda F. “Observations of School Library Impact at Two Rural Ugandan Schools.” New Library World 107.9 (2006): 403-21.

Hurst, Susan, and Joseph Leonard. “Garbage in, Garbage Out: The Effect of Library Instruction on the Quality of Students’ Term Papers.” E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 8.1 (2007): n-.

Moswela, Bernard. “Students’ Effective use of the Library as an Information Resource Centre – a Case of Senior Secondary Schools in Botswana.” Education Libraries Journal 48.3 (2005): 19-29.

Whitsitt, Paul. “A Chicago Update: Students Achieve with Quality Libraries.” Illinois Libraries 86.3 (2006): np-.