Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty
Abstract
This study explores the information-seeking behavior of academic education
faculty from twenty large public research universities. The investigation
includes an examination of how frequently education faculty seek or
access information, how they stay up-to-date on current developments
in the field and identify less recent journal literature, how valuable library
resources and services are to their information needs, and the importance
of library research to the field of education. The responses from
the survey participants emphasize the importance of electronic access
to scholarly journals and library databases and the continuing value of
books, both print and electronic, for meeting the information and research
needs of education faculty.