Open AccessA Comparative analysis of information seeking behaviour of Canadian and international secondary school graduates entering a university
Author(s) -
Jamshid Beheshti,
Joan C. Bartlett,
Anna Sue Couch,
Cynthia Kumah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7128
Subject(s) - information literacy , sociology , medical education , library science , political science , pedagogy , psychology , medicine , computer science
The importance of acquiring information literacy (IL) knowledge and skills in high schools as a prerequisite to entering colleges and universities has been well-documented in the literature (e.g., Cahoy, 2002; Fitzgerald, 2004; Saunders, Severyn, & Caron, 2017). This paper investigates the IL knowledge of Canadian and international high school graduates, as they enter a university in Canada. More specifically, the focus is on information seeking behaviour (ISB), part of the Access and Evaluation stages of the IL spectrum (Sparks, Katz, & Beile, 2016).