Re:'Library Anxiety' and What Librarians Do to Help
by jccalhoun on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @10:16AM
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>college students in particular are prone to library anxiety because they believe their research skills are inadequate
because their skills are inadequate. Either research shills aren't taught or the students don't listen because too often my college students have little idea how to research if it doesn't show up in the first few results of google.
There is also the fact that researching can take a while. If the perfect source doesn't show up right away then it might take a while to find it. Students don't know how to do this or don't want to put in the effort before they give up.
I try to teach my students how to do research but it isn't really part of my class topic so I can't spend too much time on it. It is also an uphill battle when so many of my students seem to still think that all .org web sites are still organizations and therefore more credible than .com.
>Once students make it past the lobby, it can be hard to locate a librarian.
But maybe I'm a bad example myself because although I have a phd I have never asked a librarian for help researching a topic.
because their skills are inadequate. Either research shills aren't taught or the students don't listen because too often my college students have little idea how to research if it doesn't show up in the first few results of google.
There is also the fact that researching can take a while. If the perfect source doesn't show up right away then it might take a while to find it. Students don't know how to do this or don't want to put in the effort before they give up.
I try to teach my students how to do research but it isn't really part of my class topic so I can't spend too much time on it. It is also an uphill battle when so many of my students seem to still think that all .org web sites are still organizations and therefore more credible than .com.
>Once students make it past the lobby, it can be hard to locate a librarian.
But maybe I'm a bad example myself because although I have a phd I have never asked a librarian for help researching a topic.