Learning communities: An investigative study into their impact on library services

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 327-374

  Wastawy, Sohair F ^a   Uth, Charles W ^a   Stewart, Christopher ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Communities of practice engineering students; Engineering libraries; Group study engineering students; Information literacy technological universities; Information seeking behaviors ngineering students; Information seeking practices engineering students; Learning communities engineering students; Library use study (studies); Science and technology libraries; Technological university libraries

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INFORMATION SEEKING HABITS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; LIBRARY USE STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 67651192875     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J122v24n03_07     Document Type: Article

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