Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Supporting discovery and delivery


It is important that students, academics and researchers can easily find as much relevant information for their studies as possible.

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Preference vs. Authority: A Comparison of Student Searching in a Subject-Specific Indexing and Abstracting Database and a Customized Discovery Layer (Preprint)

Preference vs. Authority: A Comparison of Student Searching in a Subject-Specific Indexing and Abstracting Database and a Customized Discovery Layer (Preprint) | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Discovery layers provide a simplified interface for searching library resources. Libraries with limited finances make decisions about retaining indexing and abstracting databases when similar information is available in discovery layers. These decisions should be informed by student success at finding quality information as well as satisfaction with search interfaces. Students executed searches in two discovery layer configurations and an indexing and abstracting database. While students reported a preference for discovery layers, the articles selected from the indexing and abstracting database were more authoritative. These results illuminate the relative strengths of these tools, informing decisions about resource allocation and discovery configuration.
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The Latest in Search: Do New Discovery Solutions Improve Search as well as Retrieval?

The Latest in Search: Do New Discovery Solutions Improve Search as well as Retrieval? | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
We have seen a surge in scientifically minded search engines and browser extensions that aim to supercharge content discovery -- have they cracked the code in mainstream search and retrieval of scholarly literature?
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