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Brown, Mary E. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Describes a study that assessed social styles (i.e., preferred work environment and preferred use of time) and sustained library use (i.e., amount of work completed in the library) to learn more about the interaction between the library and the user. A significant relationship between social style and library use is reported. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Age Differences, Correlation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedJiao, Qun G.; And Others – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Discussion of library anxiety focuses on a study of 493 university students that examined factors that predict library anxiety. A stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that age, sex, year of study, native language, grade point average, employment status, frequency of library visits, and reason for using the library were significant…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Students
Peer reviewedHammond, Carol – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on a survey of nontraditional student opinion about academic libraries in four areas: how they used the library, when they wanted to use the library, which library services they felt were important, and how they evaluated some library services. Group comparisons were made based on full- or part-time status, gender, and age. (Contains 29…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis
