Transforming information search and evaluation practices of undergraduate students
Transforming information search and evaluation practices of undergraduate students
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.10.004
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Shanahan, Madeleine C.
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作者：
Shanahan, Madeleine C.
Aim: To investigate the short- and long-term impact of the Electronic Information Skills (EIS) Intervention on student information searching and evaluation behaviour.Method: Participants were second-year undergraduate radiography students. The EIS Intervention was a purposefully designed intervention with its knowledge construction activities aimed at engaging students with database searching and evaluation of internet sources as these were identified from the literature review as areas that are poorly developed in undergraduate students. Questionnaire was used to document the information searching and internet evaluation behaviour of the students pre-, post- and 1-year post-involvement in the EIS Intervention. Information search behaviour was assessed using a four-point scale of self-reported frequency of searching: always, usually (>1/2 the time), sometimes (
