University of the PACIFIC

Craig Hawbaker

Reference & Instruction Librarian, Professor

3601 Pacific Avenue

Stockton, CA 95211

Tele 209.947.3172

Fax 209.947.2805

chawbaker@pacific.edu

I collaborate with students and faculty in these majors:

• Business
• Communication
• Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Economics

If you are a professor, I can:

• Teach library fundamentals and information literacy for classes
• Offer one-to-one reference training and assistance for students
• Provide library materials to support courses and research
• Collaborate on effective use of library resources for class assignments

If you are a student, I can:

• Assist you with any stage of library research
• Help you find materials to support research
• Help you with any need or problem related to the library and its resources

Education:

• M.S.L. in Librarianship, Western Michigan University, 1975
• B.S. in Marketing, Drake University, 1973

Research Interests:

• Reliability of full text journal databases
• Reference databases
• Faculty status and aculty  of librarians

Professional Organizations:

• American Library Association (ALA)
• California Academic & Research Libraries Association (CARL)

My Publications (selected):

• American Library Association. (2008). “Africa.” In Guide to Reference, 12th ed. A subscription database available from http://www.guidetoreference.org/HomePage.aspx Accessed March 6, 2009. (Lorrie A. Knight, co-author)

• American Library Association, CODES Materials Reviewing Committee. (2005). “Elements for Basic Reviews: A Guide for Writers and Readers of Reviews in All Mediums and Genres” available from http://www.rusq.org/2008/01/05/elements-for-basic-reviews-a-guide-for-writers-and-readers-of-reviews-of-works Accessed March 6, 2009. (contributed pp. 36-45)
• “Information Competency for Adult Reentry Students.” Academic Exchange Quarterly 7 (2003): 2455-2458. (Lorrie A. Knight, co-author)

• “Delve Deeper into American Civil Rights and the Question of Race.” Point of View. New York: AmericanDocumentary, Inc., 2002. (A bibliography disseminated in conjunction with four films shown on the PBS television series)

• “Reference Assessment Annotated Bibliography.” In Evaluating Reference Services: A Practical Guide, Jo Bell Whitlatch, 113-213. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. (signed annotations)

• “Investigating a Fulltext Database: A Case of Detection.” DATABASE 19,  (1996): 59-62. (Anna Grzeszkiewicz, co-author)

• “Periodical Ownership Versus Fulltext Online Access: A Cost-Benefit Analysis.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 22 (1996): 105-109. (Cynthia K. Wagner, co-author)

• Industry and Company Information: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1991. (Judith M. Nixon, co-author)

• “Improving Library Instruction in Marketing Research: A Model.”  Journal of Marketing Education 10, (Summer 1988): 52-61. (Alice C. Littlejohn, co-author)

• “Online Ready-Reference Searching in an Academic Library.”  RQ 24, (Spring 1985): 320-326. (Sara Brownmiller, Douglas Jones, and Robert Mitchell, co-authors)

• “Online Bibliographic Searches in Report Writing Courses.”  Journal of Advanced Composition 3, (Spring & Fall 1982): 60-68. (James Suchan, co-author)