Millennial students' mental models of search: Implications for academic librarians and database developers
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2011-01
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Holman, L. (2011). Millennial students’ mental models of information retrieval. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37 (1), 19-27. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.10.003
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Today's college students, with their exposure to new technologies, exhibit generational
differences in the way in which they search for information. Observations of first-year college
students' research behavior revealed student proclivity for simple keyword or phrases searches with
frequent problems with database choices, misspellings and incorrect Boolean logic. Students had
difficulty identifying causes of failed searches and solving problems within a search. This may lead
database designers to focus on more robust algorithms, and librarians to emphasize problem solving in
their instruction.