Title
Use of Electronic Science Journals in the Undergraduate Curriculum: An Observational Study1
Abstract
Phase 2 of a 2-phase project funded by the NSF-National Science Digital Library Project observed undergraduate and graduate engineering, chemistry, and physics students and faculty while they searched the ScienceDirect e-journals system for scholarly science journal articles for simulated class-related assignments. Think-aloud protocol was used to capture affective and cognitive state information, while online monitoring provided an automatic log of interactions with the system. Pre- and post-search questionnaires and a learning style test provided additional data. Preliminary analysis shows differences in search patterns among undergraduates, graduates, and faculty. All groups used basic search functions the most. Graduate students on average spent more time per session and viewed more pages. Further analysis, including analysis of affective and cognitive reactions is continuing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1002/meet.1450410108
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIST ANNUAL MEETING
Keywords
Field
DocType
library and information science,observational study
World Wide Web,Observational study,State information,Computer science,Curriculum,Mathematics education,Digital library,Cognition
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
41
1
0044-7870
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.91
10
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carol Tenopir174168.02
Peiling Wang2384.05
Richard Pollard382.06
Yan Zhang419118.20
Beverly Simmons5302.04