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Melançon, Jérôme; Goebel, Nancy – College & Research Libraries, 2016
The Personal Librarian for Aboriginal Students (PLAS) program at the University of Alberta (UofA) is a creative outgrowth of the growing Personal Librarian programs in academic libraries, in which a student is partnered with an individual librarian for the academic year. In the case of the UofA's PLAS program, first-year undergraduate students who…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Cultural Relevance, Librarians, College Freshmen
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Platt, Jessica; Platt, Tyson L. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which organized training on accessing library resources affects library anxiety. The researchers revised and used the Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale created by D. J. Van Kampen-Breit, which was designed to assess an individual's perception of an academic library and the information…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Undergraduate Students, Research Methodology, Psychology
Dixon-Thomas, Courtlann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
An emphasis on instruction has been growing in libraries as a result of the cumbersome amount of information that is produced and available globally. This, coupled with the growing diverse student populations and the demand for higher education, has created the need for students entering the workforce who can think critically, adapt quickly and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Strategies, Information Literacy, Program Effectiveness
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Rempel, Hannah Gascho – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This article discusses findings from a longitudinal research study that examined the way graduate students carry out the literature review and how they were impacted by attending a library literature review workshop. The literature review research process serves as an important gateway for graduate students into their scholarly communities'…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Graduate Students, Student Research, Student Behavior