The Influence of The Availability of an Academic Online Catalog on The Use of Academic Libraries by College-Bound High School Seniors

Five hypotheses were formulated to test the effect access to an academic online catalog in a school library had on the use of various library facilities and materials by college-bound high school seniors. Data for the analysis of this problem consisted of: (1) research assignment bibliographies gathered from 73 seniors without access to an academic online catalog in the school library (pre-online catalog students); (2) research assignment bibliographies collected from 80 seniors with access to an academic online catalog in the school library (post-online catalog students); and (3) 114 questionnaires gathered from students in both groups. The bibliographies were subjected to citation analysis to verify the library used for each reference. Aggregate totals were computed for each group and t-tests and analyses of variance were employed to determine if any statistically significant differences existed between pre-online catalog and post-online catalog students with respect to their use of academic libraries. The questionnaires were used: (1) to help verify the location source for questionable references; (2) to ascertain the degree of online catalog use between groups; and (3) to indicate the amount of student use of various library facilities and materials.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Craver, Kathleen W.

• Library Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8721619

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69493