In Their Own Voices: An Ethnographic Perspective on Student Use of Library Information Sources

Natalia Tomlin · Eamon C. Tewell · Kimberly Mullins · Valeda Dent Goodman

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A medium-sized academic library system conducted a multi-year (2012–2016), large-scale ethnographic study using a survey, observations, and in-depth interviews. The goal of the project was to better understand how students conduct research and study in the library. The analysis of the large pool of data resulted in various reports of theoretical and practical nature. This article addresses one aspect of the findings: undergraduate and graduate student use of library resources. The findings offer an array of considerations for designing effective library services and provide a more nuanced understanding of how student use the library website, libguides, and library databases as well as print and electronic collections.

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2007Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester 2009Academic libraries and social and learning space 2009The Library Is for Studying 2011College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know 2015Factors affecting undergraduates’ selection of online library resources in academic tasks 2015“A Really Nice Spot”: Evaluating Place, Space, and Technology in Academic Libraries 2015Using and Experiencing the Academic Library: A Multisite Observational Study of Space and Place 2010Undergraduates' academic information and library behaviors: preliminary results

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