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Undergraduate Students' Book Selection: A Study of Factors in the Decision-Making Process
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Stieve, Thomas; Schoen, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
Little research has focused on what factors undergraduate students consider when selecting books at academic libraries. In order to better understand student book choices at Niagara University Library, we chose 11 sets of two books with the same LC subject headings but with other differences and asked students to select one book over another.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Libraries, Reading Material Selection, Books