Finding Context: What Today's College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age. Project Information Literacy Progress Report

• Published in: Project Information Literacy
• Main Authors: Head, Alison J, Eisenberg, Michael B
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Project Information Literacy 04.02.2009
• Subjects: California; Classification; College Students; Colleges; Community Colleges; Discussion Groups; Illinois; Information Literacy; Information Seeking; Information Skills; Information Sources; Internet; Library Services; Massachusetts; Qualitative Research; Research Papers (Students); Research Skills; Research Tools; Student Research; Washington; Web 2.0 Technologies; Illinois; Massachusetts; California; Washington

A report of preliminary findings and analysis from student discussion groups held on 7 U.S. campuses in Fall 2008, as part of Project Information Literacy. Qualitative data from discussions with higher education students across the country suggest that conducting research is particularly challenging...