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Information Literacies of PhD Students: A Hermeneutic Dialectic Study within the Health Sciences
Jönköping University, The University Library.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2621-6080
Jönköping University, The University Library.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2364-1313
2022 (English)In: New Review of Academic Librarianship, ISSN 1361-4533, E-ISSN 1740-7834, Vol. 28, no 2, p. 172-192Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Doctoral studies offer a unique phase in the development and legitimisation of researchers, in which PhD students shift from consumption to production of knowledge. While literature exists concerning the information behaviour of graduate students and researchers, there is little work which focuses specifically on the information literacies of PhD students within the health sciences. To better understand this user group, we undertook a qualitative study at the Research School of Health and Welfare in Jönköping, Sweden. Twelve open-ended interviews with both PhD students and their supervisors were conducted and analysed according to a hermeneutic dialectic process. Findings revealed that the supervisors commonly assumed that PhD students already have necessary information literacy skills. Yet some of the students self-reported feeling uncertain when searching and getting ‘stuck’ with one strategy. Responses also indicated that the PhD students and their supervisors were often unaware of what services and support the library could provide.

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Taylor & Francis, 2022. Vol. 28, no 2, p. 172-192
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Health sciences, Information literacy, PhD students, University libraries
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Information Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50804DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1819353Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091433849Local ID: HOA;;50804OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50804DiVA, id: diva2:1474292
Available from: 2020-10-08 Created: 2020-10-08 Last updated: 2022-12-11Bibliographically approved

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