How Today's Students Find and Use Reference Resources
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It might be useful: Paths to Reference: How today’s students find and use reference resources, A new white paper published by Oxford University Press, shows that for university students, reference works to support a range of use cases, Include most aspects of an independent study. Furthermore, while students generally rely on free resources for brief, factual information, a majority of students rely on their library for in-depth background information. Paths to Reference draws on a survey of over 1000 undergraduate and master’s students from the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and *India*. Results of the survey were further explored through in-depth interviews to gain a deeper understanding of these students’ needs and research behavior. For more information and to download a copy of the white paper, visit www.oup.com/academic/pathstoreference *Thanks and regards.* Aditya Ranjan Assistant Librarian Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
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