Information literacy: developing lifelong skills through nursing education

A Barnard, R Nash, M O'Brien - Journal of Nursing Education, 2005 - journals.healio.com
The amount and complexity of information nurses are expected to manage continues to
increase exponentially. Support has grown for integrated curriculum approaches that …

How high-school students find and evaluate scientific information: A basis for information literacy skills development

H Julien, S Barker - Library & Information Science Research, 2009 - Elsevier
This study examined the relationship between curricula in secondary-level science
classrooms, which support development of information literacy skills, and actual student …

Information and strategic Internet skills of secondary students: A performance test

AJAM van Deursen, S Van Diepen - Computers & Education, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, the information and strategic Internet skills of Dutch secondary students were
measured in a performance test. Participating students were asked to complete assignments …

Internet skills: Vital assets in an information society

AJAM van Deursen - 2010 - research.utwente.nl
Internet Skills, vital assets in an information society starts with a brief history of
communication technologies. It appears that in the course of history, these technologies …

Distance students and online research: Promoting information literacy through media literacy

R Van de Vord - The Internet and Higher Education, 2010 - Elsevier
Today's college students, particularly distance students, are increasingly dependent on the
Web for their research needs. At the same time they lack the critical thinking skills required to …

Fostering students' evaluation behaviour while searching the internet

A Walraven, S Brand-Gruwel, HPA Boshuizen - Instructional science, 2013 - Springer
A program for teaching 9th graders course content (history) and how they should evaluate
information found on the WWW was designed and tested. Goal of the program was to teach …

Internet as a source of misconception

B Acar Sesen, E Ince - Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology …, 2010 - ERIC
The purpose of this study is to examine students' usage styles of the Internet for seeking
information and to investigate whether information obtained from the Internet is a source of …

The Influences of the Sixth Graders' Parents' Internet Literacy and Parenting Style on Internet Parenting.

SJ Lou, RC Shih, HT Liu, YC Guo, KH Tseng - Turkish Online Journal of …, 2010 - ERIC
This study aims to explore the sixth grade students' parents' Internet literacy and parenting
style on Internet parenting in Kaohsiung County in Taiwan. Upon stratified cluster sampling …

A cross-cultural comparison of online travel information search behaviors

EJ Jordan, WC Norman, CA Vogt - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2013 - Elsevier
This study examines online travel planning behavior through the lens of information foraging
theory and uncertainty avoidance. An exercise in planning a hypothetical trip using only the …

Academic librarians' perceptions on information literacy: The Israeli perspective

N Aharony, J Bronstein - portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014 - muse.jhu.edu
Abstract Information literacy (IL) is a necessary skill crucial for effective functioning in today's
knowledge society. This study seeks to explore Israeli librarians' perspectives toward major …