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Social Work Prep -- Using Canvas Modules to Provide Baseline Library and Social Work Program Knowledge
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Shepard, Allison L.; Milewski, Steven D. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article describes the development of online modules to introduce students to information and resources needed to be successful while pursuing a Bachelors or Masters Degree in social work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The course was developed by faculty at the University Libraries in collaboration with the Bachelor of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Social Work, Bachelors Degrees
Studies in Teaching: 2023 Research Digest. Action Research Projects Presented at Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 29, 2023)
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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2023
This document presents the proceedings of the 27th Annual Research Forum held June 29, 2023, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following fifteen action research papers: (1) The Effects of Real-World Mathematics Activities on High School Students' Attitudes (Alexa Altizer); (2) An Investigation of the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Mathematics Activities, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Perception and Selection of Information Sources by Undergraduate Students: Effects of Avoidant Style, Confidence, and Personal Control in Problem-Solving
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Kim, Kyung-Sun; Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
A survey of undergraduate students examined how students' beliefs about their problem-solving styles and abilities (including avoidant style, confidence, and personal control in problem-solving) influenced their perception and selection of sources, as reflected in (1) perceived characteristics of sources, (2) source characteristics considered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Information Sources, Information Literacy
Information Literacy Milestones: Building upon the Prior Knowledge of First-Year Students
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Ellis, Jenny; Salisbury, Fiona – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This article reports on a study we conducted with first-year students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2003. Building upon our 2002 research ("Library Review," 2003, vol 52, no 5 pp209-217), we investigated the prior library instruction, information preferences and skills of students enrolled in first-year…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Information Literacy, Student Attitudes, Library Instruction
Information Needs of Kent State University Masters of Business Administration Students.
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Koss, Andrea Inez – 1996
This research paper addresses the information needs of Kent State University's (Ohio) Master's of Business Administration (MBA) students. Data was collected from the students using a focused information needs questionnaire, and then summarized. The results were analyzed to determine which tools were being used by MBA students when they research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education
What Are They Doing with the Internet? A Study of User Information Seeking Behaviors.
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He, Peter Wei; Jacobson, Trudi E. – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1996
Library staff at State University of New York at Albany surveyed 96 patrons in a 2-month period regarding their Internet usage. Gender, college status, and prior experience were sources of differences in searching and browsing behavior and in attitudes toward Internet usefulness. Libraries should actively create new Internet access points and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Higher Education