An assessment of library instruction:

its influence on search behaviour of first- and third-year students

Authors

  • Torunn Skofsrud Boger Østfold University College
  • Hanne Dybvik Østfold University College
  • Anne-Lise Antoinette Sophie Eng Østfold University College
  • Else Helene Norheim Østfold University College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11645/10.2.2135

Keywords:

information literacy, search behaviour, library instruction, undergraduate students, academic libraries, higher education, nursing, teaching, follow-up study, Norway

Abstract

This article presents the results of a follow-up study conducted at Østfold University College in 2015 which set out to examine information resource use among students of nursing and teacher education. The first study was presented in an article published in the Journal of Information Literacy Vol. 9 No. 1 (Boger et al. 2015). The two qualitative studies were carried out by interviewing the students about their skills in information retrieval, and observing them. The results show differences in search behaviour between first-year and third-year students, a decrease in the use of Google, and a difference between the students from the nursing faculty and the teacher education faculty.

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Published

2016-01-12

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Research articles (peer-reviewed articles)