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Information-Seeking Processes of Junior High School Students: A Case Study of CD-ROM Encyclopedia Use.
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Branch, Jennifer L. – School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
Examined the information-seeking processes of junior high school students from Inuvik, Northwest Territories (Canada) when using CD-ROM encyclopedias. Results showed that students need instruction and practice to develop skills and strategies for full-text searching, particularly generating search terms, selecting topics from a retrieved list, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Encyclopedias, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval