An analysis of the e-research needs of postgraduate students at higher education institutions

dc.contributor.advisorCronje, Johannes Christoffelen
dc.contributor.emailismith@sun.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateSmith, Christina Catharinaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T15:12:50Z
dc.date.available2007-01-16en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T15:12:50Z
dc.date.created2006-09-07en
dc.date.issued2007-01-16en
dc.date.submitted2007-01-16en
dc.descriptionDissertation (M.Ed (Computer-integrated Education))--University of Pretoria, 2007.en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation reports on an analysis conducted to establish the electronic research needs experienced by postgraduate students at higher education institutions within an increasing electronic research environment. Innovation and improvements in technology have caused research students to approach the library with a whole range of needs and expectations undreamed of in the nonelectronic library. A quantitative research instrument was mainly used to gather data, together with the results from a user survey. This study is therefore regarded as a quantitative study. From both the literature survey and research for this study it became clear that postgraduate students in South Africa and throughout the world experience similar e-research needs with regard to primary data sharing, transfer of data and computation, e-access, e-communication, e-training and e-publishing. By taking the specific needs of postgraduate students into account, the library will be able to create an electronic research environment distinguished by ease of use and access - the principal and most valued research partner in a postgraduate students’ pursuit of academic distinction and success.en
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dc.description.departmentCurriculum Studiesen
dc.identifier.citationSmith, C 2006, An analysis of the e-research needs of postgraduate students at higher education institutions, M.Ed dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23384 >en
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01162007-153836/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/23384
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2006, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectLibraryen
dc.subjectResearch needsen
dc.subjectWorld wide weben
dc.subjectOnline research environmenten
dc.subjectResearchen
dc.subjectVirtual research environment.en
dc.subjectRoleen
dc.subjectLibrarianen
dc.subjectOnline needsen
dc.subjectInformation specialisten
dc.subjectTeriary educationen
dc.subjectHigher educationen
dc.subjectInformation resourcesen
dc.subjectResearchersen
dc.subjectInterneten
dc.subjectComputersen
dc.subjectElectronic needsen
dc.subjectPostgraduate studentsen
dc.subjectInformationen
dc.subjectInformation needsen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleAn analysis of the e-research needs of postgraduate students at higher education institutionsen
dc.typeDissertationen

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