TITLE:
Enablers to Information Search and Use in Higher Learning
AUTHORS:
Aidah A. Karim, Fariza Khalid, M. Khalid M. Nasir, Siti Mistima Maat, M. Yusoff Daud, Shahlan Surat
KEYWORDS:
Information Skills, Information Behaviors, Higher Learning, Malaysia
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.9 No.14,
October
26,
2018
ABSTRACT: Information search and use hold a key to knowledge building process in higher learning. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the role of various personal skills that empower students’ information search and use in higher learning. The study involved 30 lecturers, librarians and students who participated in student information skills programs run by a public university library in Malaysia. The study used semi-structured interview to collect data which was analyzed using qualitative data analysis approach. The study found personal skills, i.e., computer, higher order thinking, language, and communication skills facilitate students’ information search and use in higher learning. The study suggested that universities must help students to develop necessary skills that enable them to strategically search and use information in knowledge building process in higher learning.