Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students

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Main Authors: Mussell, Jessica, Croft, Rosie
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Published: 2013
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Croft, Rosie
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Croft, Rosie
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Croft, Rosie
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contents Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students Mussell, Jessica Croft, Rosie Educational Technology Distance Education Online Courses Online Searching Search Strategies Internet Academic Libraries Foreign Countries Online Surveys Web Sites Access to Information College Students Student Research Computer Uses in Education Has your institution purchased discovery layer tools? Are you wondering how students are using them and how much return your institution is getting on that investment? Not only are there more resources available to students online than ever before, but there are also more avenues for students to discover those resources. The Royal Roads University Library puts links to Google Scholar, Summon, LibGuides, Captivate tutorials, and more onto its Web pages. This paper is an investigation of how students are using those resources and what they think of them. It presents student feedback on these discovery layers combined with empirical evidence from usage statistics. The paper explains how the library will use this evidence to inform both the electronic paths designed to lead students to its resources and the outcomes of its information literacy instructional sessions. (Contains 6 tables and 1 note.)
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spellingShingle Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students
Mussell, Jessica
Croft, Rosie
Educational Technology
Distance Education
Online Courses
Online Searching
Search Strategies
Internet
Academic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Online Surveys
Web Sites
Access to Information
College Students
Student Research
Computer Uses in Education
Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students Mussell, Jessica Croft, Rosie Educational Technology Distance Education Online Courses Online Searching Search Strategies Internet Academic Libraries Foreign Countries Online Surveys Web Sites Access to Information College Students Student Research Computer Uses in Education Has your institution purchased discovery layer tools? Are you wondering how students are using them and how much return your institution is getting on that investment? Not only are there more resources available to students online than ever before, but there are also more avenues for students to discover those resources. The Royal Roads University Library puts links to Google Scholar, Summon, LibGuides, Captivate tutorials, and more onto its Web pages. This paper is an investigation of how students are using those resources and what they think of them. It presents student feedback on these discovery layers combined with empirical evidence from usage statistics. The paper explains how the library will use this evidence to inform both the electronic paths designed to lead students to its resources and the outcomes of its information literacy instructional sessions. (Contains 6 tables and 1 note.)
title Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students
topic Educational Technology
Distance Education
Online Courses
Online Searching
Search Strategies
Internet
Academic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Online Surveys
Web Sites
Access to Information
College Students
Student Research
Computer Uses in Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1012060