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Zickuhr, Kathryn; Rainie, Lee; Purcell, Kristen; Madden, Mary; Brenner, Joanna – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2012
More than eight in ten Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 read a book in the past year, and six in ten used their local public library. At the youngest end of the spectrum, high schoolers in their late teens (ages 16-17) and college-aged young adults (ages 18-24) are especially likely to have read a book or used the library in the past 12…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Young Adults, Research Needs
Zmuda, Allison – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2008
When a person walks into any library media center, he or she will, no doubt, see lots of students busily working on classroom assignments. While these students may be focused and industrious, the real question is what drives their work, and are they learning? Student learning comes from active efforts to construct knowledge that requires them to…
Descriptors: Assignments, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Services
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Williams, Teresa D.; Grimble, Bonnie J.; Irwin, Marilyn – School Library Media Research, 2004
High school students often use online databases and the Internet in the school library media center (SLMC) to complete teachers' assignments. This case study used a survey to assess teachers' awareness of electronic resources, and to determine whether their directions influence student use of these resources in the SLMC. Participants were teachers…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Databases, Internet, Library Services