Using the World Wide Web (hereinafter the ‘Web’) has become an increasingly viable way to source information in academic writing. However, the Web is a fundamentally different type of resource from conventional sources such as books and journals. This paper argues that there is a need among learners for a heightened critical awareness of web-source nuances. Specifically, although the Web contai...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship of stress and academic performance in first year medical students and to identify sources of stress, levels of stress and relevant coping strategies. STUDY DESIGN Mixed method sequential. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, from March to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews were carrie...

The purpose of this study was to examine the inXuence of Bandura’s (1997) hypothesized sources of self-eYcacy on the academic and self-regulatory eYcacy beliefs of entering middle school students (ND 263) and to explore whether these sources diVer as a function of gender, reading ability, and race/ethnicity. For the full sample, mastery experience, vicarious experience, social persuasions, and ...

To enhance our understanding of the relevance of knowledge management/intellectual capital (KM/IC) academic research, this study explores the sources authors utilize to develop their book content. Ten prominent KM/IC book authors were interviewed to identify if and how the KM/IC academic literature is being disseminated through books. It was confirmed that the body of knowledge present in peer-...

Introduction. This study aims to investigate the selection of information sources and to identify factors associated with the resource selection of undergraduate students for academic search tasks. Also, user perceptions of some factors, such as credibility, usefulness, accessibility and familiarity, were examined to classify resources by their characteristics. Method.A self-generated diary met...