Citation #3

de Jager, K. (1997). Library use and academic achievement. South African Journal of Library & Information Science, 65 (1), 26-30.

Abstract: As part of a major investigation into the support provided by the University of Cape Town Library Service for both the studying and research activities at the university, an investigation was launched to establish objectively whether any statistically significant association could be shown to exist between student academic performance and library use. Findings suggested that a positive relationship between the use of open shelf books and academic achievement might be present in the subjects of history and sociology, but in the case of economics the situation was not clear. As far as the use of short loan books was concerned, the picture was more confused. Suggests that further investigation is needed to prove the significance of the findings.

Annotation: This study attempts to use objective data (i.e. library use records) to establish a positive correlation between library use and academic achievement, however, the sample size was relatively small and concentrated on a small number of classes (5) and cross section of subjects (3).

Search Strategy: I wanted to limit my search to a database devoted exclusively to library science and utilize synonyms, proximity operators and truncation

Database: Library Literature and Information Science [Dialog]

Method of Searching: Keyword Search

Search String: s (academic or education?)()(achievement or performance) AND librar?. I then performed a search in LISA using the article title and retrieved the full-text using EBSCOhost Education Research Complete.