ABD or EdD? A Model of Library Training for Distance Doctoral Students

Research Needs and Learning Format Preferences of Graduate Students at a Large Public University: An Exploratory Study

“…At some libraries, this takes the form of workshops, like the Savvy Researcher series at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, 20 the Graduate Library User Education series at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 21 or the library training program for ABD distance doctoral students at Nova Southeastern University. 22 Instruction may also be integrated into the students' regular coursework, through online tutorials, 23 or through librarians' direct contact and consultation with students either in person or online as the number of online graduate students grows. 24 For online students, the library website often serves as the primary means of contact with and information about library resources and offerings, which could leave students unaware of the full range of resources available to them.…”

Utilizing a Co-Teaching Model to Enhance Digital Literacy Instruction for Doctoral Students

“…Skills include using content management software, citations to both record and find resources, and information retrieval logic such as Boolean search operators and truncation symbols to find digital information. The literature indicates that while doctoral students require these skills, many are not familiar with modern research databases and often lack the library research skills needed for advanced level digital research (Beile, 2008;Cooke, 2010;Tuñón & Ramirez, 2010). Compounding the problem is the fact that faculty may not be prepared to teach these skills, especially given the rapid change in library technology.…”

“…The librarian can emphasize digital literacy skills that directly support the instructional goals of the course at the point of need. Research suggests that point of need support is an important element in teaching digital literacy skills (Hall, Nix, & Baker, 2013;Tuñón and Ramirez, 2010;Walker, 2013). For doctoral students, co-teaching permitted the introduction of key skills at the point the students began to see the need for them, while researching for a literature review.…”

Information Literacies of PhD Students: A Hermeneutic Dialectic Study within the Health Sciences

“…While there has been rapid change in the (electronic) resources and tools available, faculty have not necessarily changed the way they teach research skills (Tuñ on & Ramirez, 2010). Early and current studies suggest that faculty culture has had a long history of prioritising the content of research over its process (Hardesty, 1999); academic supervisors have focussed on imparting discipline-specific knowledge over high-level skills such as how to conduct a literature review (Green & Macauley, 2007;Rempel, 2010).…”

“…In short, information literacy at the postgraduate level has more or less been implicit (Patterson, 2009). PhD students have reported developing literacy skills without direct instruction (Green, 2010), and at the same time, the literature also indicates that students have overestimated their search expertise (Korobili et al, 2011;Kuruppu & Gruber, 2006) or failed to develop strategies for using research resources in a proactive manner (Tuñ on & Ramirez, 2010).…”