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Direct linkConkling, Thomas W.; Harwell, Kevin R.; McCallips, Cheryl; Nyana, Sylvia A.; Osif, Bonnie A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
Information use patterns by doctoral students are studied for selected years in the pre-web (1990-1993) and post-web (2003-2006) time periods. Over 55,000 citations from dissertations in ten disciplines were analyzed. The results show that there was some increase in journal use in most of the disciplines in the post-web era, and that the use of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Research, Information Utilization, Media Selection
Willison, John; O'Regan, Kerry – Higher Education Research and Development, 2007
Providing undergraduate students with research experience has been asserted as a way of reinventing university education. This assertion lacks both substantial empirical evidence and a coherent theoretical framework. In this paper, the authors consider both research and theory relating to undergraduate research and present the Research Skill…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Skills, Internet, Skill Development
Peer reviewedThompson, Christen – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Reviews studies of student usage of the Internet to determine how they use the Web for research. Preliminary data suggest the majority of students begin a research assignment with the Internet, most often with a commercial search engine. Undetermined is whether students have adequate information literacy skills to find authoritative information…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Literacy
