Use of Online Information Resources by RMIT University Economics, Finance, and Marketing Students Participating in a Cooperative Education Program

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Autore principale: Costa, Cathy
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contents Use of Online Information Resources by RMIT University Economics, Finance, and Marketing Students Participating in a Cooperative Education Program Costa, Cathy Information Seeking Information Literacy Cooperative Education Business Education Use Studies Barriers Questionnaires Mail Surveys Electronic Libraries Online Searching Research Libraries User Satisfaction (Information) Foreign Countries This paper examines the use of online information resources by Economics, Finance, and Marketing 3rd year students in a cooperative education program and explores some possible factors and issues that influence how students use these resources. The nature of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs, the business information environment, and the information seeking behaviour of students are discussed. Barriers to using online information resources and workplace information literacy are also reviewed. From this better understanding of the online information resources used by students on work placement will emerge and assist the Library in assessing its acquisition of resources and designing of information literacy training. (Contains 1 table.)
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spellingShingle Use of Online Information Resources by RMIT University Economics, Finance, and Marketing Students Participating in a Cooperative Education Program
Costa, Cathy
Information Seeking
Information Literacy
Cooperative Education
Business Education
Use Studies
Barriers
Questionnaires
Mail Surveys
Electronic Libraries
Online Searching
Research Libraries
User Satisfaction (Information)
Foreign Countries
Use of Online Information Resources by RMIT University Economics, Finance, and Marketing Students Participating in a Cooperative Education Program Costa, Cathy Information Seeking Information Literacy Cooperative Education Business Education Use Studies Barriers Questionnaires Mail Surveys Electronic Libraries Online Searching Research Libraries User Satisfaction (Information) Foreign Countries This paper examines the use of online information resources by Economics, Finance, and Marketing 3rd year students in a cooperative education program and explores some possible factors and issues that influence how students use these resources. The nature of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs, the business information environment, and the information seeking behaviour of students are discussed. Barriers to using online information resources and workplace information literacy are also reviewed. From this better understanding of the online information resources used by students on work placement will emerge and assist the Library in assessing its acquisition of resources and designing of information literacy training. (Contains 1 table.)
title Use of Online Information Resources by RMIT University Economics, Finance, and Marketing Students Participating in a Cooperative Education Program
topic Information Seeking
Information Literacy
Cooperative Education
Business Education
Use Studies
Barriers
Questionnaires
Mail Surveys
Electronic Libraries
Online Searching
Research Libraries
User Satisfaction (Information)
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ860837