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Jung Mi Scoulas; Sandra L. De Groote – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This article explores the relationships between faculty library use, their perceptions of the importance of library resources, and its impact on their research productivity at a public research university. The authors used a self-reported faculty survey and publication records from a faculty activity reporting system to answer this question.…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Researchers
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Kuldeep Singh; Anil Kumar Siwach – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2025
This article examines the state of library research support services (LRSS) provided by the libraries of selected government-funded universities in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire. The findings indicate that university libraries in the NCR offer a variety of LRSS, with a…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries
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Pyburn, Lydia L. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2019
Sometimes users need to be asked if they need help. This is difficult with online users, because in-person cues cannot be used to engage when the users need assistance. Proactive chat widgets help to solve this problem as the chat box slides out onto the screen and prompts the user for help. The need for the proactive chat widget was also seen as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
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Bussell, Hilary; Schnabel, Jennifer; Rinehart, Amanda K. – Public Services Quarterly, 2020
To better engage our graduate students, we asked them to describe their research strategy and challenges, helpful research support services, and their preferred venue for learning research skills. We conducted a thematic analysis and found that participants' top reported research strategies included "Research Topic Development" and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Needs, Preferences, Research Skills
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Beard, Regina M. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
Graduate students lament the need to achieve the proficiency necessary to competently search multiple databases for their research assignments, regularly eschewing these sources in favor of Google Scholar or some other search engine. The author conducted an anonymous survey investigating graduate student knowledge or awareness of the open-access…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Periodicals, Access to Information, Electronic Publishing
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Delaney, Geraldine; Bates, Jessica – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
This article investigates academic library needs of doctoral students. The study identifies PhD students' information literacy training needs and explores current levels of library engagement, barriers to use, and gaps in existing services. First-year PhD students at Ulster University (UU) were surveyed and interviews were undertaken with three…
Descriptors: Users (Information), Information Needs, Library Services, Graduate Students
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Archambault, Susan Gardner – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
This case study describes the development of CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), an open educational resource (OER). CORA, available at www.projectcora.org, was developed through a Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) grant. The grant proposed to use a "recipe" metaphor to envision shared information…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Instructional Materials, Assignments, Electronic Libraries
Donlon, Anne; Ecklund, Angela; Haller, Julian; Wade, Julie Frick – Modern Language Association, 2020
The MLA's report "Language and Literature Research in Regional Comprehensive Institutions" identifies and documents the research support needs of faculty members in the disciplines of literature and language, cultural studies, and writing studies in the United States and its territories, focusing on institutions considered regional…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
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Mears, Wendy; Clough, Helen – Open Learning, 2015
The Open University (OU) is the UK's largest distance education provider and has a large and growing disabled student population. Disabled user support presents particular challenges for an online library service in the distance learning environment. The OU introduced guidelines for working with non-OU--authored content (external content) in 2011…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Disabilities
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Lawrence, Zena – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2014
The evidence base that explores Black African parents' experiences of an Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is limited. This article describes an exploratory mixed methods research study undertaken during 2009-2011, that explored Black African parents' engagement with a UK EPS. Quantitative data were gathered from the EPS preschool database and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Educational Psychology, Blacks, Mixed Methods Research
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Copeman, Peter; Keightley, Polly – Journal of Peer Learning, 2014
In 2013 the University of Canberra (UC) initiated a program of peer-assisted academic skills help, the Academic Skills Rovers program, with the goal of providing drop-in peer learning support to students at campus locations where they congregate to study. The Academic Skills Rovers were initially recruited from the teacher education discipline,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching
Woy, James B. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
Reports results of 1983 survey of 25 public libraries and 1981 survey of 11 public libraries, both of which focused on facets of online information services--user fees, databases, documentation, equipment, miscellaneous services, and subject areas searched. The 1983 questionnaire and seven sources are appended. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Fees, Library Services, Library Surveys
Head, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2010
A report of findings from a content analysis of 191 course-related research assignment handouts distributed to undergraduates on 28 college campuses across the U.S., as part of Project Information Literacy. A majority of handouts in the sample emphasized standards about the mechanics of compiling college research papers, more so than guiding…
Descriptors: Assignments, Instructional Materials, Research Tools, Information Sources
Deschatelets, Gilles H. – 1980
This survey of online search service centers in Canada was conducted to provide data on these centers and, more specifically, on the characteristics of the human search intermediary; and to provide an accurate overall picture of online searching in Canada. The survey questionnaires were mailed to approximately 765 Canadian customers of seven…
Descriptors: Databases, Librarians, Library Services, Online Systems
Henderson, Everett; Miller, Kim; Farrell, Michele; Brock, Faye; Dorinski, Suzanne; Freeman, Michael; Frid, Lisa; Hardesty, Laura; Music, Christopher; O'Shea, Patricia; Sheckells, Cindy – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
This report marks the third release of library statistics data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year (FY) 2008. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (StLA) Survey, the product of a cooperative…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Statistics, State Government, State Surveys
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