From 85 students surveyed before and after library instruction, it was found that their self-
efficacy in electronic information searching increased after the training. That increase was …

Literature Review enables us to gain a comprehensive overview and summary of the
available information on a particular topic. Literature reviews are generally more useful to all …

This study categorizes 6959 reference desk transactions to determine how many of the
queries require the attention of a librarian. Results indicate that 89% could likely be …

Focus groups of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty were asked about
general informationseeking methods and how those had changed over the last three to five …

This study assessed the role changes that occurred for academic reference librarians from
1991 to 2001. It provides information related to the types of job activities performed and the …

It is a commonly held belief that technostress caused by change is affecting library
personnel, although research on its impact in two-year colleges is practically nonexistent …

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst's WEB Du Bois Library's Learning Commons,
only reference librarians staff the Reference and Research Assistance Desk. Surveys, a …

To what extent do librarians use print and online sources? Librarians recorded and
categorized questions and answer sources for a 4-month period. The results show that the …

When searching for “useful” information, people often base their actions on the concepts of
quality and authority. In traditional information environments, there are well-established …

This case study of a medium-sized academic library reports the evolution of reference
service from a traditional reference desk to a two-tiered reference system to a “one-stop …