Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

• Published in: Medical reference services quarterly Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 141 - 157
• Main Authors: Lasserre, Kaye E., Foxlee, Nicola, Kruesi, Lisa, Walters, Julie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 2011
• Subjects: Consumer Behavior; Data Collection; Focus Groups; Health administration; Humans; Information and communication technologies; information resources; Information seeking behaviour; information skills training; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; information-seeking behavior; Internet; Librarians; libraries; Libraries, Medical; literature searching; medical students; Medicine; Postgraduate students; Queensland; Schools, Medical; Students, Medical; User surveys; Queensland
• ISSN: 0276-3869; 1540-9597
• DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2011.562794

This study reports the findings of research undertaken by health sciences librarians at the University of Queensland Library into how medical students use information for their studies, particularly resources and services provided by the Library. The methods utilized were an online survey and focus groups. Results indicated that students favor print resources over electronic, value accessing resources on a one-stop basis, and prefer training to be delivered flexibly. The implication of these results for future resource selection, service provision, and instructional design and delivery is discussed.