Pew Report: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Pew Report: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research/Summary-of-Findings/Overview.aspx
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research/Main-Report/Part-3.aspx
(See table at this link)

Twelve percent of students are still "very likely" to use "printed
books other than textbooks" in a typical research assignment. Is this
an overestimate?

The journal American Speech (1925-1999 with links to more recent
issues) is in JSTOR and seventeen percent are "very likely" to use
"online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier".

Here is list of other resources:

    Google or other online search engine (94%)
    Wikipedia or other online encyclopedia (75%)
    YouTube or other social media sites (52%)
    Their peers (42%)
    Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or other study guides (41%)
    News sites of major news organizations (25%)
    Print or electronic textbooks (18%)
    Online databases such as EBSCO, JSTOR, or Grolier (17%)
    A research librarian at their school or public library (16%)
    Printed books other than textbooks (12%)
    Student-oriented search engines such as Sweet Search (10%)

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