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First-Year International Undergraduate Students and Libraries
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 18, Number 3, July 2018
- pp. 535-558
- 10.1353/pla.2018.0032
- Article
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abstract:
This paper investigated how libraries can support the transition of first-year international undergraduate students to a large research university. The research explored the students' use of libraries, their use of information to learn, and their academic and information literacy learning needs. The methods were a survey (with 135 responses) and three semi-structured interviews. Libraries should focus on basic information for these students, such as the locations of physical spaces; should develop teaching and learning rather than marketing strategies; and should work to integrate the library holistically into programs and courses for international students.