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Ismail, Mohd Nasir; Mamat, Nurfaezah; Jamaludin, Adnan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate effects of WebOPAC Self Training Tool with Guided Exploration (WSTTG), WebOPAC Self Training Tool with non-guided exploration (WSTT) and Traditional (T) groups as the learning strategies on information literacy (IL) skills standards among first year degree students in Malaysian public university. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Search Strategies, Information Literacy
Santana Arroyo, Sonia – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2013
Health professionals frequently do not possess the necessary information-seeking abilities to conduct an effective search in databases and Internet sources. Reference librarians may teach health professionals these information and technology skills through the Big6 information literacy model (Big6). This article aims to address this issue. It also…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Skills, Basic Skills, Models
Jones, Steve; Allen, Julie – Psychology Teaching Review, 2012
Extensive engagement with current academic sources is expected of all psychology undergraduates. Thirty-eight undergraduate psychology students took part in a series of focus group discussions of their information-searching experiences and skills. The majority of students had not been required to engage with any form of information searching while…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Psychology, Focus Groups, Library Skills
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
For the forty-third time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains 37 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Professional Development, Feminism
Kai-Wah Chu, Samuel; Law, Nancy – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2008
This study identifies the development of information search expertise of 12 beginning research students (six in education and six in engineering) who were provided with a set of systematic search training sessions over a period of one year. The study adopts a longitudinal approach in investigating whether there were different stages in the…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Skill Development, Expertise, Library Skills

Shoham, Snunith; Getz, Irith – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
This study looked for patterns in the search tactics and behavior of Israeli high school students. A sample of 200 students that were engaged in final projects filled out questionnaires to reconstruct their bibliographic searches. The relation between search patterns and student characteristics--bibliographic instruction, project adviser, and home…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, High Schools

Jokic, Maja – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Investigates the search behavior of CD-ROM database users in Zagreb (Croatia) libraries: one group needed a minimum of technical assistance, and the other was completely independent. Highlights include the use of questionnaires and transaction log analysis and the need for end-user education. The questionnaire and definitions of search process…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
van Brakel, Pieter A. – 1996
The Internet and its features such as e-mail; listservs; FTP and Telnet; navigators such as Archie, gophers, and the World Wide Web; and Web search engines have had a profound effect on the nature of online systems. This paper discusses the effect the Internet might have in the way online searching should be taught. The paper provides background…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Robertson, J. E.; Williams, D. A. – Education for Information, 1993
Describes a study that was conducted to investigate the information skills abilities of students in Scottish Colleges of Further Education studying for the National Certificate in Business Studies. Topics addressed include highlighting keywords, identifying subject terms, appropriate search strategies, and results that indicate a need to improve…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Information Skills, Learning Processes

Sun, Ping; Rader, Hannelore B. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Discusses user education in China's academic libraries in light of educational reform and the changing role of academic libraries. Describes information technology developments, objectives of user education, and the emphasis on computerbased searching in the Tsinghua University library. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries

Pope, Carolyn – Electronic Library, 1989
Describes an evaluation project in which King's College Library acted as a test site for the OCLC version of ERIC on CD-ROM. The description covers the provision of equipment, software, accompanying literature, and assessment questionnaires, as well as characteristics of the system and search facilities. Results discussed include user reaction and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Finkelston, Candy – 1997
This curriculum guide introduces the different components of a library science course which provides students with the basic skills to search Asian sources and materials. The first part of the curriculum guide discusses the student objectives of the course, which is designed to provide students with expanded knowledge of searching CD-ROM programs…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Guides

Clinton, Marshall – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Describes the online catalog in a university library, including the database, the database index, user instruction, the command language and search capabilities, functions of various commands, statistics generated to monitor system use, and hardware for both public access and staff use. (CHC)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Nickerson, Gord – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Discussion of bibliographic instruction for users of CD-ROM products highlights computer-based tutorials (CBT) that were developed at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. Structured searching is described, and problems created by the lack of commercial CD-ROM tutorials and adequate training videos are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Foreign Countries

Tillotson, Joy – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 2003
Describes a survey that was conducted involving participants in the library instruction program at two Canadian universities in order to describe the characteristics of students receiving instruction in Web searching. Examines criteria for evaluating Web sites, search strategies, use of search engines, and frequency of use. Questionnaire is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audience Analysis, Computer Use, Evaluation Criteria
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