Pelzer N L, Leysen J M
William Robert Parks and Ellen Sorge Parks Library, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1988 Oct;76(4):328-33.
Veterinary medical students at Iowa State University were assessed for general use of the veterinary library and for their information-seeking behavior. The library was most frequently used for studying and for making photocopies of materials. The typical respondent relied on course textbooks and handouts for current information on unfamiliar topics, instead of using indexes or abstracts for guidance to recent literature. Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs. No differences were found between students with and without formal bibliographic instruction in their approaches to seeking information or in library use.
爱荷华州立大学的兽医学专业学生接受了关于兽医图书馆的一般使用情况以及他们的信息获取行为的评估。图书馆最常被用于学习和复印资料。典型的受访者在获取不熟悉主题的当前信息时依赖课程教材和讲义，而不是使用索引或摘要来查找近期文献。对图书馆信息资源的轻度使用引发了人们的担忧，即学生们正在形成一个不足以用于查找有关新程序、疾病和药物信息的检索技能基础。在接受过正式文献检索指导和未接受过正式文献检索指导的学生之间，在信息获取方式或图书馆使用方面未发现差异。
