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What's Best for Students? Comparing the Effectiveness of a Traditional Print Pathfinder and a Web-based Research Tool
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 3, Number 4, October 2003
- pp. 671-686
- 10.1353/pla.2003.0090
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This quantitative study compared a print pathfinder and a web-based research tool in library instruction for two sections of a first-year business course. The traditional print pathfinder received higher ratings on use, ease of use, and helpfulness, but both tools resulted in students citing a similar number of recommended sources.