August 9, 2002

Students Find Web Inadequate as a Research Tool, Survey Shows

A survey has found that most college students start their research on commercial search engines but are not satisfied with the information they find there.

The OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit group of more than 41,000 public and college libraries, surveyed 1,050 students, ages 18 to 24 -- more than half of whom were seniors and juniors -- from every part of the country.

The report, "OCLC White Paper on the Information Habits of College Students,"

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