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Dissertation
Information Source Selection Of Traditional And Distance Students
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2008
Abstract
The growth of distance learning participation and Internet usage has complicated the task of identifying college-students' information needs. Most researchers have identified the needs of either distance or traditional students; thus, a comparison between the two groups could not be made. Also, the focus of many studies has been on either Internet or library usage, not both. A need for a more comprehensive and comparative view of college students’ information sources was evident. This study was conducted to see if differences existed between distance and traditional students' information source usage and to examine the reasoning behind such usage. An additional purpose of this study was to discover significant associations between the demographic and information usage variables explored in this study. Survey research was employed in this study, and the participation of a random sample of 600 graduate and undergraduate students at the University of West Florida was sought. The researcher found no significant differences in the information source selection and usage of distance and traditional students. Similarly, no meaningful differences were found when the reasons for such information source usage were cross-tabulated with traditional and distance student status. However, several significant associations were found between demographic and information usage variables included in the study. These findings are aligned with various other researcher's predictions and reports: Students—traditional, distance, and graduate—all preferred remote and time-of-need access to electronic resources.
Details
- Title
- Information Source Selection Of Traditional And Distance Students
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- © 2010 Albert Odell Cheatham
- Identifiers
- 99380090721106600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- Education; University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida