An assessment of library instruction:

Abstract

This article presents the results of a follow-up study conducted at Østfold University College in 2015 which set out to examine information resource use among students of nursing and teacher education. The first study was presented in an article published in the Journal of Information Literacy Vol. 9 No. 1 (Boger et al. 2015). The two qualitative studies were carried out by interviewing the students about their skills in information retrieval, and observing them. The results show differences in search behaviour between first-year and third-year students, a decrease in the use of Google, and a difference between the students from the nursing faculty and the teacher education faculty.

Information-seeking behaviours of teacher students: A systematic review of qualitative methods literature

“…. ] Most of the students in this study had attended more than one literature search class at the library during their study period, and consequently increased their searching skills (Boger et al, 2016).…”

“…In a follow-up study (Boger et al, 2016), semi-structured interviews and observations with nursing and teacher students were employed to assess the impact of a learning activity intervention. Academic maturity, including information-searching skills in library databases, was measured, out of context not embedded within a course or a research assignment.…”