ERIC Number: EJ1005054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1522-8959
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Bibliographic Management Software: A Focus Group Study of the Preferences and Practices of Undergraduate Students
Salem, Jamie; Fehrmann, Paul
Public Services Quarterly, v9 n2 p110-120 2013
With the growing population of undergraduate students on our campus and an increased focus on their success, librarians at a large midwestern university were interested in the citation management styles of this university cohort. Our university library spends considerable resources each year to maintain and promote access to the robust bibliographic management tool RefWorks. A team of librarians wondered whether RefWorks might be used by undergraduate students with the same perceived enthusiasm that we have sensed in graduate students and faculty. More generally, we explored how undergraduate students were managing their citations, if and what kinds of tools they were using to ease the process of creating bibliographies, and their general workflow in incorporating citations into their academic work.
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Citations (References), Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups, Bibliographies, Preferences, Citation Indexes, Library Materials, Library Research, Library Services, Library Skills, Database Management Systems, Feedback (Response), Cognitive Style, Use Studies, User Needs (Information)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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