In an article in this journal Ottewill and Hudson (1997) raised a number of issues concerning students’ use of electronic bibliographic databases. They emphasized the need for co‐operation between academics and librarians in database training and in coursework where databases would be used. We report a project on students’ use of bibliographic databases. Our findings reveal that access to these databases, whilst solving many of the problems students experience in sourcing reference material for coursework and research, raises new intellectual problems due to the sheer breadth and depth of their coverage of subject matter. Typically database training programmes focus on search skills and the use of different interfaces. However, our findings...
Traditionally, guidance from teaching staff to students on the use of information sources has taken ...
One of the facets of the explosion of end user computing is the increased use of databases in corpor...
Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.The purpose of this study was to...
Access to bibliographic databases, online and on CD-ROM, is advantageous for the academic community ...
Libraries are vital in providing academic and research resources to the students and faculty working...
In 1988, surveys were sent to all 60 of the American Library Association-accredited schools of libra...
Staff from 58 academic librarians responded to survey questions regarding what influences the recomm...
This study examined the accessibility of articles disseminated in mainstream business education peri...
This study investigated the awareness and use of electronic databases by postgraduates in the Univer...
Authentication data was utilized to explore undergraduate usage of subscription electronic databases...
The study investigated library and information science students’ motivations for and experiences wit...
The commercialization of information, higher education, and libraries is a topic well-known to acade...
This study developed criteria for choosing bibliographic databases for high school libraries. A surv...
M.A. (Information Science)This research investigated the problem of multiple bibliographic interface...
The electronic database offers libraries tremendous opportunities to provide useful information serv...
Traditionally, guidance from teaching staff to students on the use of information sources has taken ...
One of the facets of the explosion of end user computing is the increased use of databases in corpor...
Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.The purpose of this study was to...
Access to bibliographic databases, online and on CD-ROM, is advantageous for the academic community ...
Libraries are vital in providing academic and research resources to the students and faculty working...
In 1988, surveys were sent to all 60 of the American Library Association-accredited schools of libra...
Staff from 58 academic librarians responded to survey questions regarding what influences the recomm...
This study examined the accessibility of articles disseminated in mainstream business education peri...
This study investigated the awareness and use of electronic databases by postgraduates in the Univer...
Authentication data was utilized to explore undergraduate usage of subscription electronic databases...
The study investigated library and information science students’ motivations for and experiences wit...
The commercialization of information, higher education, and libraries is a topic well-known to acade...
This study developed criteria for choosing bibliographic databases for high school libraries. A surv...
M.A. (Information Science)This research investigated the problem of multiple bibliographic interface...
The electronic database offers libraries tremendous opportunities to provide useful information serv...
Traditionally, guidance from teaching staff to students on the use of information sources has taken ...
One of the facets of the explosion of end user computing is the increased use of databases in corpor...
Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.The purpose of this study was to...