A Correlational Study of Foreign Language Anxiety and Library Anxiety Among Non-native Speakers of English: A Case Study in a Malaysian Public University

Sinnasamy, Janaki; Karim, Noor Harun Abdul

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.07.010

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“…The studies on library anxiety among students who are non-native speakers of English revealed that barriers related to staff are and will remain an important component of the library anxiety construct (Anwar, Al-Kandari and Al-Qallaf, 2004;Ansari, 2010, Sinnasamy andKarim, 2014). The implication is that the nature of the services provided by the library staff will always remain an important component in the library anxiety construct.…”

Section: New Additional Dimensions Of the Library Anxiety Construct Amentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Knowledge, inclusive of cognitive barriers, has been identified in Shoham and Mizrachi (2001), Jiao and Onwuegbuzie (2002), Anwar, Al-Kandari and AlQallaf (2004), Noor and Ansari (2010), Swigon (2011), Song (2014, and Sinnasamy and Karim (2014). Although Bostick (1992) had indeed traced knowledge of the library as one of the dimensions of library anxiety, it actually only implied lack of Sinnasamy and Karim: Library anxiety among non-native speakers of English familiarity and how confident the users are in using the resources.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…It has been observed that students who are reasonably proficient in English are able to cope better than the less proficient students who have problems in understanding, analysing and interpreting keyword search strategies (Janaki, 2006). In another study, a significant relationship was reported between self-evaluation of English language anxiety and barriers with library resources (Sinnasamy and Karim, 2014). Students complain that not enough online resources are in their native (non-English) language (Karim, et al, 2010).…”

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“…Anwar, Al-Kandari and Al-Qallaf, 2004;Shariff and Zainab, 2007;Noor and Ansari, 2010;Abusin, Zainab and Noor, 2011;Swigon, 2011;Erfanmanesh, 2011;Song, Zhang and Clarke, 2014;Sinnasamy and Karim, 2014;Hosseni, Khosravi and Jahromi, 2014). These studies have indicated that basically the five dimensions of Bostick (1992) remain, but there seems to be a breakdown of these five dimensions into smaller components.…”

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Library anxiety among non-native speakers of English

Sinnasamy

Karim

2016

Information Development

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This paper attempts to highlight the factors causing anxiety among non-native speakers of English when using academic library resources, services and facilities. This is crucial now that academic libraries worldwide are increasingly building up their collections of electronic journals and databases, which are predominantly in the English language. Findings from studies among non-native speakers of English reveal that they are susceptible to anxiety factors, which are rarely reported in studies in the native English-speaking countries. Some of these barriers include: insufficient resources, language, retrieval, lack of library skills, technology, network, environment and services, computer and physical comfort, and emotional barriers. A search was conducted to analyze the literature published in Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) from 1986 until 2014 using the keyword 'library anxiety'. The sample selected was limited to literature on non-native speakers of English. The distinct anxiety-causing factors typically reported in these studies are recommended to be included in the library anxiety measure for future research.

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Library anxiety among non-native speakers of English

Sinnasamy

Karim

2016

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“…They have studied the prevalence of library anxiety among students in particular countries including Pakistan (Naveed, 2016) or specific disciplines such as nursing (Still, 2015); possible causes or antecedents of library anxiety (Karim & Ansari, 2013); the relationship between library anxiety and other psychological characteristics, such as foreign language anxiety (Sinnasamy & Karim, 2014); and the effects of library anxiety, such as the adoption of online library resources (Booker, Detlor, & Serenko, 2012). These studies augment the research program of Jiao and Onwuegbuzie, in terms of adding more depth to our understanding of these aspects of library anxiety.…”

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Library Anxiety Impedes College Students’ Library Use, but May Be Alleviated Through Improved Bibliographic Instruction

Wildemuth¹

2017

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the terms of the Creative Commons-AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike License 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. AbstractObjective -To identify the characteristics of college students that are related to their experiences of library anxiety.

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