Library Use Instruction on Undergraduates’ Utilization of Library Resource

Academic library performance measures and undergraduates’ library use and educational outcomes

This study investigated the relationship between an institution’s academic library performance measures and undergraduates’ library use and educational outcomes. The sample consisted of 7,958 undergraduates attending 36 colleges and universities representing four institutional types. Regression analyses determined the relationship between academic library performance measures and library use an...

library - use instruction with individual users: should instruction be included in the reference interview

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Academic Library Instruction Using the WWW

Multilevel library instruction for emerging nursing roles.

As new nursing roles emerge that involve greater decision making than in the past, added responsibility for outcomes and cost control, and increased emphasis on primary care, the information-seeking skills needed by nurses change. A search of library and nursing literature indicates that there is little comprehensive library instruction covering all levels of nursing programs: undergraduate, re...

The Impact of Library Resource Utilization on Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design

This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N=8,652) at a large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three library resources (workstations, study rooms, and research clinics) on academic performance. To deal with self-selection bias and estimate this impact more accurately, we used propensity score matching. Using t...