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Finding Empirical Articles For Psychology, Allison Faix Jan 2018

Finding Empirical Articles For Psychology, Allison Faix

Library Faculty Publications

This article is chapter 31 from volume 4 (Information Creation as a Process) of the six-volume book series Framing Information Literacy, which was published by ACRL in 2018. This article describes a lesson plan that uses constructivist learning theory and the Information Creation as Process Frame. The lesson plan helps students identify and locate empirical journal articles in the field of psychology.


Utilising Social Media To Improve Relationship Quality: The Case Of The University Library, Melissa N. Clark, Scott Bacon Jan 2018

Utilising Social Media To Improve Relationship Quality: The Case Of The University Library, Melissa N. Clark, Scott Bacon

Library Faculty Publications

As the centre of academic life at a university, the university library plays an important role in how students perceive their relationship with the university. This study analyses the effect that participation in library social media has on student perception of relationship quality with the university. The hypotheses proposed in this study were found to be substantiated: following the library on social media is positively related to a student's perception of their relationship quality with the university; students interested in multiple library services are likely to report the perception of a higher quality relationship with the university.