eprintid: 986
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2013-06-28 20:22:20
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creators_name: Hammons, Meredith
creators_name: Anderson-Strait, Malisa
creators_name: St. Pierre, Alain
creators_name: Walsh, Felicity
title: A Portrait of the User as a Young Graduate Student: A Review of the Search Habits of Graduate and Professional Students Using Ex Libris Products
ispublished: pub
subjects: primo
divisions: eluna_conf
abstract: Abstract: In large research university, we have a variety of types of users: faculty, graduate and professional students, undergraduates, and community users. All of these types of researchers look for information differently, so it is a challenge for any discovery system for work for them all. As subject specialists in business, history and philosophy, law, and theology, we examined how the graduate and professional students with whom we work look for information and how Primo and the Aleph OPAC respond to these types of searches. In this session, we will discuss the information seeking strategies and needs of our user groups and the benefits and challenges these researchers find when using Primo and the Aleph OPAC. We will offer specific examples of information needs we have encountered in our work with students and their use of Primo and the OPAC, and suggest ways to best use these tools to help graduate and professional students find the resources they need.
date: 2013-05-02
date_type: published
full_text_status: restricted
pres_type: lecture
event_title: ELUNA 2013
event_location: Athens, GA
event_dates: April 30 - May 3, 2013
event_type: conference
refereed: FALSE
citation: Hammons, Meredith and Anderson-Strait, Malisa and St. Pierre, Alain and Walsh, Felicity (2013) A Portrait of the User as a Young Graduate Student: A Review of the Search Habits of Graduate and Professional Students Using Ex Libris Products. In: ELUNA 2013, April 30 - May 3, 2013, Athens, GA.
document_url: https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/986/1/Portrait_of_a_user_as_a_Young_Graduate4291.pdf