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| author | Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. |
| author_facet | Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. |
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| contents | Perceptions and Applications of Information Literacy by First Year Applied Science Students Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. Assignments Academic Libraries Journal Articles Databases Information Literacy Technology College Students Science Education Surveys Universities Foreign Countries This paper examines where students prefer to find information, and then matches survey results with students' assignments. Surveys showed that half the surveyed students used library databases (e.g. ProQuest) as their first preference to locate scientific information; however, of these students, one third did not have any journal articles cited in their assignment. Furthermore, of those students with no journal articles cited in their reference list, 65% claimed to feel comfortable using library databases, against a figure of 100% who felt comfortable using Google Scholar. This indicates a mismatch between students' expressed preferences and their actual ability to locate, evaluate, and include refereed journal articles in their assignments. (Contains 5 tables and 29 notes.) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2009 |
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| spellingShingle | Perceptions and Applications of Information Literacy by First Year Applied Science Students Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. Assignments Academic Libraries Journal Articles Databases Information Literacy Technology College Students Science Education Surveys Universities Foreign Countries Perceptions and Applications of Information Literacy by First Year Applied Science Students Wilkes, Janelle Gurney, Lisa J. Assignments Academic Libraries Journal Articles Databases Information Literacy Technology College Students Science Education Surveys Universities Foreign Countries This paper examines where students prefer to find information, and then matches survey results with students' assignments. Surveys showed that half the surveyed students used library databases (e.g. ProQuest) as their first preference to locate scientific information; however, of these students, one third did not have any journal articles cited in their assignment. Furthermore, of those students with no journal articles cited in their reference list, 65% claimed to feel comfortable using library databases, against a figure of 100% who felt comfortable using Google Scholar. This indicates a mismatch between students' expressed preferences and their actual ability to locate, evaluate, and include refereed journal articles in their assignments. (Contains 5 tables and 29 notes.) |
| title | Perceptions and Applications of Information Literacy by First Year Applied Science Students |
| topic | Assignments Academic Libraries Journal Articles Databases Information Literacy Technology College Students Science Education Surveys Universities Foreign Countries |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ860831 |