A new white paper published by Oxford
University Press explores how students seek contextual information to support a
range of activities central to their studies. The study’s
large-scale survey of undergraduate and master’s students found that reference
content supports a range of core activities for independent study. Whilst
research is the most commonly identified, class preparation, general reading,
and studying for exams were also identified by a majority of students as cases
in which they would seek contextual information to support their work. This applies
consistently across the full range of subject-areas, and across the regions
examined. In
sum, this study suggests a new perspective in the debate on the place of
reference resources in the current information environment.
Oxford
University Press (2018). Paths to reference: How today's students find and use
reference resources. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
https://global.oup.com/academic/content/pdf/pathstoreference.pdf
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