Published In
College & Research Libraries
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Subjects
Information Literacy -- Pedagogy
Abstract
In a follow-up study to the ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) Project, librarians at UIC compared the responses of first-generation college freshmen from the original study to those of seniors. The study’s aim was to determine whether student information literacy increases as a result of undergraduate education and to further explore the student research process with respect to the particular factors that inform and effect change in it. The findings showed that information literacy increased among these students, and they developed a more complex approach to the research process and the library.
Rights
Copyright © 2013 Elizabeth Pickard and Firouzeh Logan, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35180
Citation Details
Pickard, E., & Logan, F. (2013). The Research Process and the Library: First-Generation College Seniors vs. Freshmen. College & Research Libraries.