Who Is Not Using the Library? A Comparison of Undergraduate Academic Disciplines and Library Use

@article{citeulike:2632574, abstract = {This study examines the differences in undergraduate library use by academic discipline at Oregon State University (OSU). In the winter of 2006, an online questionnaire about physical and virtual library use was distributed to 3,227 OSU undergraduates; 949 responses were received. Chi-square tests were used to distinguish differences between user groups. The results indicate that students in the Agricultural Sciences College use the physical library less than students in the Liberal Arts College, Health and Human Sciences College, and the Sciences College; students from the Engineering College use the virtual library less than students from the Liberal Arts College.}, author = {Bridges, Laurie M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2632574}, journal = {portal: Libraries and the Academy}, keywords = {academic-libraries, undergraduates, user-studies}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {187--196}, posted-at = {2008-04-05 15:02:03}, priority = {4}, title = {Who Is Not Using the Library? A Comparison of Undergraduate Academic Disciplines and Library Use}, url = {http://muse.jhu.edu.proxy.library.cornell.edu/journals/portal\_libraries\_and\_the\_academy/v008/8.2bridges.pdf}, volume = {8}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2632574 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2632574 TI - Who Is Not Using the Library? A Comparison of Undergraduate Academic Disciplines and Library Use JF - portal: Libraries and the Academy VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 187 EP - 196 N2 - This study examines the differences in undergraduate library use by academic discipline at Oregon State University (OSU). In the winter of 2006, an online questionnaire about physical and virtual library use was distributed to 3,227 OSU undergraduates; 949 responses were received. Chi-square tests were used to distinguish differences between user groups. The results indicate that students in the Agricultural Sciences College use the physical library less than students in the Liberal Arts College, Health and Human Sciences College, and the Sciences College; students from the Engineering College use the virtual library less than students from the Liberal Arts College. KW - academic-libraries KW - undergraduates KW - user-studies AU - Bridges, Laurie PY - 2008/04// UR - http://muse.jhu.edu.proxy.library.cornell.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v008/8.2bridges.pdf ER -