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Download full textJiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2002
This study presents a test of the Anxiety-Expectation Mediation (AEM) model of library anxiety. The AEM model contains variables that are directly or indirectly related to information search performance, as measured by students' scores on their research proposals. This model posits that library anxiety and self-perception serve as factors that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Mellon, Constance A. – Library Journal, 1988
Discusses the library skills preparation of students entering college and reports on a study of students' attitudes about doing research in an academic library which revealed feelings of anxiety. Implications of this anxiety for the design of bibliographic instruction programs, as well as specific instructional techniques, are described. (5…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEgan, Philip J. – College Teaching, 1992
College students are often reluctant to use libraries, despite the resources available there. Teachers assigning projects that require research might also require conferences with students in the library, possibly in small groups, to provide assistance in preliminary stages. This helps students locate and use varied information sources and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students
Peer reviewedMellon, Constance A. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Three concepts that emerged from qualitative study exploring feelings of college students about using libraries for research--students generally feel that their library-use skills are inadequate; inadequacy is shameful and should be hidden; inadequacy would be revealed by asking questions--led to formulation of a grounded theory of library…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education
Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2002
This study examined the relationship between reading comprehension and reading vocabulary and five dimensions of library anxiety (i.e., barriers with staff, affective barriers, comfort with the library, knowledge of the library, and mechanical barriers). Participants were 45 African-American graduate students from various disciplines who were…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Correlation, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedJiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Library Quarterly, 1997
A study of 522 university students identified variables related to library anxiety: use of computerized indexes and online facilities, gender, year of study, native language, frequency of library visits, number of library skills courses undertaken, and reasons for using the library. Recommends measures to reduce library anxiety. Includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, Computer Literacy
