Students’ Patterns of Library Use: Cognitive Differences in Information Searching

Abstract

It is difficult to comprehend how students could gain experience in the proper use of a library without analyzing their cognitive context (knowledge and skill). This study aims to identify students’ use of the library for information searching and to understand their efforts towards various patterns from the cognitive point of view. There are three objectives that elaborate the relationship between the cognitive context and patterns of library use: 1. How the cognitive context is related to the use of library 2. Whether there is an existence of a cluster of students who have different cognitive contexts 3. To discuss the cognitive context that may affect the different patterns of library use in the two countries selected for the study.