Library instruction and college student self-efficacy in electronic information searching

Does the medium matter?: A comparison of a Web-based tutorial with face-to-face library instruction on education students' self-efficacy levels and learning outcomes

“…These findings are consistent with Martin (1989), Nahl-Jakobovits and Jakobovits (1993) and Ren (2000), who have suggested that within the context of library skills, increased levels of self-efficacy are positively related to greater learning outcomes. Whether developing Web-based tutorials or delivering face-to-face instruction, these findings suggest librarians would do well to attend to the affective domain as well as the cognitive.…”

“…However, only a limited number of studies have examined students' psychosocial perceptions of their library skills, or explored the relationship between the affective domain and cognitive gains after exposure to library instruction (Greer,Weston, & Alm, 1991;Maughan, 2001;Nahl-Jakobovits & Jakobovits, 1993;Ren, 2000). Further, none of these studies extended to comparisons between different learning environments, or compared face-to-face with Web-based delivery of instruction.…”

“…Thus, this investigation is informed by the studies of Ren (2000), Fox andWeston (1993), Maughan (2001), and Greer, Weston, and Alm (1991), who comprise the bulk of research comparing library skills self-efficacy and learning outcomes. Wen-Hua Ren (2000) examined information searching self-efficacy as it related to electronic library databases by surveying 85 students prior to and after participation in a face-to-face library instruction session. Ren reported participants' scores on a measure of self-efficacy significantly increased between pre-instruction and post-instruction.…”

“…Although some researchers suggest integrating the affective domain with library skills learning in library instruction (Martin, 1989;Nahl-Jakobovits & Jakobovits, 1993;Ren, 2000), little is still known about the impact of library instruction on self-efficacy and learning outcomes, or the correlation between self-efficacy and the demonstrated ability to perform library research. Further, of the studies that analyzed self-efficacy levels and actual library skills both before and after library instruction, none compared different instructional modes.…”

Attitude towards Mobile Advertising and Mobile Web Information Acquisition Behaviour: Perspectives from the Advertising Value, Credibility and Self-efficacy

“…People with a higher level of self-efficacy perceptions have more confidence in their actions. They are willing to exert more effort to overcome difficulty and failure, full of patience, perseverance, energy and resilience (Ren, 2000) [13]. This study examines self-efficacy in getting information, which is defined as individuals' judgments of their own capabilities to search, compare and evaluate product information they need from mobile advertising (Pavlou and Fygenson, 2006) [14].…”