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Direct linkEdge, Brittani; Velandia, Margarita; Lambert, Dayton M.; Roberts, Roland K.; Larson, James A.; English, Burton C.; Boyer, Christopher; Rejesus, Roderick; Mishra, Ashok – Journal of Extension, 2017
Using information from precision farmer surveys conducted in the southern United States in 2005 and 2013, we evaluated changes in the use of precision farming information sources among cotton producers. Although Extension remains an important source for producers interested in precision farming information, the percentage of cotton producers using…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Information Sources, Change, Agricultural Occupations
Download full textLindsay, Jim; Wan, Yinmei; Berg-Jacobson, Alexander; Walston, Jill; Redford, Jeremy – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
Every year the U.S. Department of Education reports for each state in the country the grade levels, subject areas, and geographic areas that have experienced teacher shortages (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 2015). A teacher shortage occurs when the number of teachers available in a specific grade, subject matter…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, State Legislation, Surveys
Goodman, Kenneth; Grad, Roland; Pluye, Pierre; Nowacki, Amy; Hickner, John – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Electronic knowledge resources have the potential to rapidly provide answers to clinicians' questions. We sought to determine clinicians' reasons for searching these resources, the rate of finding relevant information, and the perceived clinical impact of the information they retrieved. Methods: We asked general internists, family…
Descriptors: Physicians, Family Practice (Medicine), Information Retrieval, Internet
Kirby, N. Riley, Jr.; Kirby, Diana Gonzalez – 1988
To let newspaper researchers know the information sources used for various applications and the value of each of the sources, 122 Newspaper Research Council members were surveyed in February 1988 (with a 75% response rate). Questions concerned the frequency of use of various listed sources, and the value, location, and applications for each…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Journalism
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO OBTAIN A GENERAL IDEA OF (1) THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, (2) THE SOURCES THEY USED IN ORGANIZING THEIR COURSES, AND (3) THE NATURE OF THEIR PREPARATION FOR A SINGLE LECTURE. THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE FACULTIES OF 246 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES THAT…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Professors
Peer reviewedTrayes, Edward J.; McCombs, Maxwell E. – Journalism Educator, 1981
Summarizes the results of a survey of reader attitudes concerning the usefulness of publications provided by the Association for Education in Journalism (AEJ). (RL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Higher Education, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Marton, Christine; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
Presents preliminary results from a survey of how women in information technology professions use information sources. Investigates the effects of perceived source accessibility and perceived source quality on the selection and use of information sources. Discusses results of correlation analysis and regression analysis that also examined…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Correlation, Information Seeking, Information Sources
Larkin, Ernest F. – 1978
To determine consumer preference regarding four forms of mass communication, an 18-item questionnaire was devised that asked individuals where they sought information on national and world affairs, local events, entertainment, and shopping (advertising). Results from the 108 respondents in the random sample indicated the following: newspapers…
Descriptors: Advertising, Audiences, Consumer Economics, Information Sources
Peer reviewedNelson, Carnot E.; Adams, Carol V. W. – Educational Researcher, 1973
Probes two aspects of scientific communication: (1) the extent to which journal article authors continue work in the same area as their articles; (2) the sources of information used by active researchers in conjunction with their current research. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Authors, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Research
Peer reviewedRubenstein, Albert H.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1973
Medical researchers, clinical specialists, and their supervisors covered by this survey, did not make frequent use of the services of research librarians, even after these services were specifically introduced to them. The potential value of a research librarian seems to depend upon the early education of the researcher and his awareness of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedSmith, Edward J.; Larkin, Ernest F. – Journalism Educator, 1981
Reports on a study ranking the prestige of 26 journals in the field of mass communication. Reveals a wide range in the perceived prestige of these periodicals. (RL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Evaluation, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedFolster, Mary B. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1989
Reports the results of a survey that examined social science researchers' preferred sources of information and the homogeneity of the group in their use of information sources. Information sources discussed include citation, abstracts, and indexes; journals; consults and conferences; book reviews; library staff, tools, and services; and private…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Questionnaires
McLean, Lois Maxine – 1985
This study examines the specific information-seeking process and the information sources employed by corporate training developers and managers when considering the adoption and implementation of interactive video (tape or disc) as an instructional delivery system. Purposes include the identification of available sources of information on…
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Information Seeking, Information Services, Information Sources
McClintock, Charles – 1985
Several contextual factors were investigated related to the information needs of educational administrators. In a survey of 119 administrators, the following issues were studied: (1) varying preferences for different information sources; (2) the effects on preferences for information sources of different decision or program development tasks; (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making
Peer reviewedElturk, Hani – Australian Library Journal, 1985
Reports on project investigating information sources utilized by Arabic speaking migrants in Sydney, Australia. Topics covered include sample (demographic characteristics, language ability, education levels); information needs categorized by respondents' sex and education level; frequency of use of information sources by sex; and use of media and…
Descriptors: Arabs, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Services
