How Unique Are Our Users? Comparing Responses Regarding the Information-Seeking Habits of Engineering Faculty
Author(s) -
Sarah Robbins,
Debra Engel,
Christina Kulp
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl-156
Subject(s) - generalizability theory , institution , academic institution , information seeking , psychology , information seeking behavior , information behavior , medical education , public relations , library science , computer science , sociology , political science , social science , medicine , developmental psychology
Studies of information-seeking behaviors are common in the professional literature for library and information studies. This study examines the generalizability of findings of single-institution studies to other institutions by performing an institution-to-institution comparison of the results obtained from an information-seeking behavior survey sent to engineering faculty at twenty research institutions.
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