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Adam, Anna; Mowers, Helen – School Library Journal, 2008
There are a lot of useful tools on the Web, all those social applications, and the like. Still most people go online for one thing--to perform a basic search. For most fact-finding missions, the Web is there. But--as media specialists well know--the sheer wealth of online information can hamper efforts to focus on a few reliable references.…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Media Specialists, Internet, Students
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Wu, Shaoqun; Franken, Margaret; Witten, Ian H. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
Extensive knowledge of collocations is a key factor that distinguishes learners from fluent native speakers. Such knowledge is difficult to acquire simply because there is so much of it. This paper describes a system that exploits the facilities offered by digital libraries to provide a rich collocation-learning environment. The design is based on…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Language Processing, Internet, Native Speakers
Holman, Lucy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative study examines first-year college students' online search habits in order to identify patterns in millennials' mental models of information retrieval. The study employed a combination of modified contextual inquiry and concept mapping methodologies to elicit students' mental models. The researcher confirmed previously observed…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Internet
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Shackle, Linda – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
Now that the full text of patents as well as patent searching tools are available for free on the Internet, every librarian who is responsible for assisting people with science and technology information should have a basic knowledge of this aspect of intellectual property. Whether a school librarian helping children discover the world of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Reference Materials, Internet, Search Strategies
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Chapman, Joyce Celeste – Journal of Archival Organization, 2010
This article presents the results from a usability study of the finding aid Web display at the Southern Historical Collection. The results show that Internet proficiency may be slightly more important than archival expertise when navigating online finding aids, that novice users are able to attain a considerable understanding of finding aids…
Descriptors: Internet, Navigation (Information Systems), Online Searching, Search Strategies
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Dougan, Kirstin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2010
The Internet has changed how scholars perform their research. With more and more content available online that is fully searchable (often even for free), it is not surprising that students and others may turn there first before coming to the library. This study aims to identify the utility of three of the largest free access points to print…
Descriptors: Music, Internet, Library Materials, Music Education
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Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Kuo, Fan-Ray – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
As knowledge rapidly expands and accumulates, training and assessing students' information searching ability for solving problems on the Internet has become an important and challenging issue. This research aims to improve the web-based problem solving abilities of primary school students by employing an information summarising approach for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Experimental Groups
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Acar Sesen, Burcin; Ince, Elif – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine students' usage styles of the Internet for seeking information and to investigate whether information obtained from the Internet is a source of misconceptions. For this reason, a two-stage study was conducted. At the first stage, a questionnaire was developed to get information about students' Internet usage…
Descriptors: Radiation, Internet, Misconceptions, Computer Uses in Education
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Lin, Chi-Shiou; Eschenfelder, Kristin R. – Government Information Quarterly, 2010
This paper reports on a study of librarian initiated publications discovery (LIPD) in U.S. state digital depository programs using the OCLC Digital Archive to preserve web-based government publications for permanent public access. This paper describes a model of LIPD processes based on empirical investigations of four OCLC DA-based digital…
Descriptors: Investigations, Government Publications, Internet, Librarians
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Wright, Melissa; Grabowsky, Adelia – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
In 2002, 45 percent of American adults had used the Internet to search for health information. However, according to a 2009 report, the number had increased to 71 percent of adults ages thirty to forty-nine and 46 percent of those 50 and older who had sought health information online. While the number of adults using the Internet to search for…
Descriptors: Health Education, Information Sources, Information Literacy, Adult Educators
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Judd, Terry; Kennedy, Gregor – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Internet usage logs captured during self-directed learning sessions were used to determine how undergraduate medical students used five popular sites to locate and access biomedical resources. Students' perceptions of each site's usefulness and reliability were determined through a survey. Google and Wikipedia were the most frequently used sites…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Biomedicine, Information Literacy
Dysart, Joe – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Given Google's growing market share--69% of all searches by the close of 2007--it's absolutely critical for any school on the Web to ensure its site is Google-friendly. A Google-optimized site ensures that students and parents can quickly find one's district on the Web even if they don't know the address. Plus, good search optimization simply…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Internet, Web Sites, Access to Information
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Smith, Kim – Qualitative Report, 2011
Using the "think aloud" protocol, which allows for the collection of data in real time, the researcher audio taped comments from 13 white college students from a predominately white university in the Southeastern United States and 15 black students from a predominately black university, as they explained how they searched for HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African American Students, College Students
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Kuzu, Abdullah; Firat, Mehmet – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The Internet users who fail to cope with navigation may generally face various problems such as disorientation, distraction, low motivation and abandonment of information retrieval. Therefore, navigational aids are frequently used in today's Web browsers and Web sites to help users navigate on the Internet. However, it is asserted that…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Web Sites, Search Strategies
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Van de Vord, Rebecca – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
Today's college students, particularly distance students, are increasingly dependent on the Web for their research needs. At the same time they lack the critical thinking skills required to successfully evaluate the actual credibility of online information, a critical aspect of information literacy. Furthermore, rather than access the online…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Information Skills
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