Millennial students' mental models of search: Implications for academic librarians and database developers

dc.contributor.authorHolman, Lucy
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-25T14:34:57Z
dc.date.available2015-08-25T14:34:57Z
dc.date.issued2011-01
dc.description.abstractToday'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.en_US
dc.genreen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2605D
dc.identifier.citationHolman, L. (2011). Millennial students’ mental models of information retrieval. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37 (1), 19-27. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.10.003en_US
dc.identifier.issn0099-1333
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/170
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.subjectinformation seekingen_US
dc.subjectinformation retrievalen_US
dc.subjectsearch behaviorsen_US
dc.titleMillennial students' mental models of search: Implications for academic librarians and database developersen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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