The impact of library instruction: do first-year medical students use library resources specifically highlighted during instructional sessions?

Abstract

Students cited resources specifically highlighted during library instructional sessions for their assignments. The percentage of all citations coming from resources highlighted during the instructional sessions or found on the course LibGuide indicates that library instruction had an impact on the students' work.

One-Shot Library Instruction Sessions May Not Increase Student Use of Academic Journals or Diversity of Sources

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Teaching Systematic Searching Methods to Public Health Graduate Students: Repeated Library Instruction Sessions Correlate With Better Assignment Scores

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Evaluating Citation Analysis as a Measurement of Business Librarian Consultation Impact

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