Naslov
LIS students seeking information for their final papers: small-scale study at the Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek

Autori
Faletar Tanacković, Sanjica ; Lacović, Darko ; Stanarević, Snježana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Proceedings / Pehar, Franjo - Zadar : University of Zadar, Department of Information Sciences, 2012

Skup
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA)

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 18.06.2012. - 22.06.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
information seeking behavior; LIS students; final papers; sources preference; information pathways

Sažetak
The paper focuses on information seeking behavior of library and information science students related to their process of scholarly activities. The study investigates the ways in which LIS students at the Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek, Croatia, seek and find information for their final papers. In the first phase of the study, authors analysed reference lists of students' final papers written in 2010. As expected, the online sources were more frequently used than the print sources. Students mostly consulted monographs, scholarly journal articles, and other undefined sources such as organizational Websites. The average age of the publications used is 8 years with the Croatian as the predominant language. In the second phase of the study, in-depth interviews with eighteen undergraduate LIS students who submitted their final papers in 2011 were carried out. Qualitative data gathered in face-to-face interviews provided deeper understanding of the respondent's information seeking experiences and influences on their information behavior. Research results provide LIS teachers and librarians at the Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek with data that can help them in re-evaluation of their instructional program (in particular in information literacy) and provision of library resources and services.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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