Primarily intended to generate a demographic profile of the typical student user of Minnesota University's Walter Library, this follow-up to a 1983 study was also designed to ascertain which areas, materials, and services are used most frequently by students, what activities occupy students during their visits to the library, and why students…

The purpose of this study conducted in May 1984 was to: (1) develop a demographic profile of the typical student user of Minnesota University's Walter Library; (2) confirm the validity of a similar survey conducted the previous year; and (3) determine why subjects used this particular library. The third objective was added to this survey via the…

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…