Student archival research activity: An exploratory study

American Archivist

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 476-498

  Zhou, Xiaomu ^a  

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EID: 78649821369     PISSN: 03609081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17723/aarc.71.2.n426270367qk311l     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Mary Jo Pugh, Providing Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts, Archival Fundamentals Series (Chicago: The Society of American Archivists, 2005), 50.
2. Pugh, Providing Reference Services, 52-53.
3. Elizabeth Yakel and Deborah Torres, "AI: Archival Intelligence and User Expertise," American Archivist 66 (Spring/Summer 2003): 52.
4. Marcus C. Robyns, "The Archivist as Educator: Integrating Critical Thinking Skills into Historical Research Methods Instruction," American Archivist 64 (Fall/Winter 2001): 370.
5. Anna Elise Allison, "Connecting Undergraduates with Primary Sources: A Study of Undergraduate Instruction in Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections," master's thesis, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, available at http://hdl.handle.net/1901/158, accessed 6 May 2008.
6. See also in this issue, Wendy M. Duff and Joan M. Cherry, "Archival Orientation for Undergraduate Students: An Exploratory Study of Impact," American Archivist 71 (Fall/Winter 2008): 499-529.
7. Allison, "Connecting Undergraduates with Primary Sources."
8. Greg Johnson, "Introducing Undergraduate Students to Archives and Special Collections," College and Undergraduate Libraries 13, no. 2 (2006): 91-100.
9. The Bentley Historical Library houses the Michigan Historical Collections, which document the history of the state of Michigan and the activities of its people and organizations, and the university archives. See http://bentley.umich.edu/ and http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/labadie/, both accessed 6 May 2008.
10. H. Russell Bernard, Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, Inc., 2000), 317-70.
11. Carol Kuhlthau, "Developing a Model of the Library Search Process: Cognitive and Affective Aspects," Reference Quarterly 28, no.2 (1988): 232-42;
12. Yakel and Torres, "AI: Archival Intelligence and User Expertise."
13. Yakel and Torres, "AI," 51-78.
14. Carol Kuhlthau concludes that the search process in libraries involves a complex combination of thoughts, actions, and feelings. She observes that students express different feelings along each stage of the search process, such as uncertainty, apprehension, confusion, optimism, and confidence. See Kuhlthau, "Developing a Model of the Library Search Process," 232-42.