Finding the Answers: Community College Students' Non-Academic Information Behaviors

Autor/in	Terrile, Vikki C.
Titel	Finding the Answers: Community College Students' Non-Academic Information Behaviors
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 47 (2023) 3, S.165-182 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Terrile, Vikki C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2021.1985014
Schlagwörter	Community College Students; Information Seeking; Information Skills; Users (Information); Student Behavior; Information Needs; Access to Information; Urban Schools; Information Sources; Search Strategies; Preferences; Information Theory; Student Motivation; Minority Group Students; Low Income Students; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community colleges; College students; Community College; Collegestudent; Informationserschließung; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Information source; Informationsquelle; Suchstrategie; Informationstheorie; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	While limited research on the information behaviors of community college students exists, the theories of Elfreda Chatman have not been used to develop understanding of this population. Community college students are more likely to be people of color and/or lower income than their peers in four-year colleges, making them potentially more likely to experience information poverty. This study explored if and how Chatman's theories explain the information behaviors of students at a highly diverse, urban community college. Thirteen students were interviewed using open-ended, qualitative prompts to describe their information seeking and use as it pertains to their college experiences, specifically advisement, financial aid, and understanding course requirements. Students indicated that they used interpersonal and online resources in some combination for all of their information needs for school and in everyday life. The students did not describe the information poverty theorized in many of Chatman's studies. However, it became clear from their responses that the students' information seeking and use, as well as their understanding of their own information behaviors, support a view of the community college as a small world that privileges information seeking as a normative behavior. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01