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Ongoing Current Research - Last update 11/10/99

Information Behaviors and Academic Writing: Information Literacy Competencies Derived from Case Studies of Successful Upper Division Students

Researcher:
James T. Nichols,
Indiana University
505 Campus View
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812)857-3181
URL: http://php.indiana.edu/~jtnichol

PURPOSE: is to document the reading, writing, and information use experiences of successful upper-division students in order to provide a research basis for stating information literacy competencies, or abilities and skills in the use of information, to be expected of university students.

Abstract at http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~jtnichol/dissabst.htm

METHOD: Case study. Interviews, journals, and document collection recorded the experiences of ten students as they completed research assignments for courses they were taking.

Complete: January 2000
entered 10/6/99

Study of Growth, Authorship pattern etc of Psychology literature using Bibliometrics applications.

Researcher:
K Prakash
Karnatak University, Dharwad
INFLIBNET Centre, UGC
P.B.No.4116, Navrangpura
Ahmedabad,India
91-079-630 5971

PURPOSE: Study growth and authorship pattenrs in Psychology Literature.

METHOD: Bibliometic Analysis (Quantitative analysis techniques) of the PsychLit database.

Complete: 2002

entered 11/10/99

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