Survey Protocols to Investigate the Information Habits and Needs of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students and Practicing Engineers

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue UniversityFollow
Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries
Kristin Petersheim, Caterpillar, Inc.Follow
Laura Turner, Caterpillar, Inc.Follow

Comments

Some survey questions were taken or based on questions from the Self-Directed Information Literacy Scale (SIL) (Douglas, Purzer, Fernandez, Fosmire, Van Epps, 2018) doi:10.4231/R790221G.

Abstract

This .pdf document contains two survey protocols created in 2016 to study the information literacy experiences and needs of undergraduate engineering and technology students and practicing engineers.

Keywords

information literacy, information habits of engineers, future of libraries, surveys, undergraduate students

Date of this Version

2016