Student use of sources: A collaborative investigation of resource use in tertiary-level psychology assignments.

Abstract

This research is a cooperative undertaking between academic staff and library professionals. It is designed to help answer this question : What types of scholarly sources do tertiary-level psychology students in an online course use in completing their required assignments? The method is citation analysis. The reference pages from submitted laboratory reports were collected, and the type and frequency of sources cited, as well as student variables, analysed.