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    OCLC white paper on the information habits of college students 
    Concentrating on the Web-based information habits of college students, particularly their use of campus library Web sites, this study finds that college and university students look to campus libraries and library websites for their information needs and value access to accurate, up-to-date information with easily identifiable authors. 
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    June 24, 2002
    They are aware of the shortcomings of information available from the Web and of their needs for assistance in finding information in electronic or paper formats.
    
    <P><A href="http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/informationhabits.pdf">Information Habits</A> <SPAN class=small>(PDF:180K/12pp.)</SPAN></P>
<P><A href="http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/infohabitsverbatim.pdf">Verbatim Comments</A> <SPAN class=small>(PDF:139K/22pp.)</SPAN></P>
    
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    Bob Bolander
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