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"I Didn’t Know Where to Go, Who to Meet”: The Work That Young Disabled Adults Have to Do to Gain Access to the Social Services in Waterloo-Wellington Region

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Victoria Ikeno did her undergraduate thesis on the experiences of young disabled adults accessing social services in Waterloo-Wellington. Read more about "I Didn’t Know Where to Go, Who to Meet”: The Work That Young Disabled Adults Have to Do to Gain Access to the Social Services in Waterloo-Wellington Region

Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access and Needs: Results from a Scoping Review., at OLA SuperConference, 2018 Toronto, Ontario

Authors: Kate Mercer, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, Kari Weaver

How do undergraduate engineering students access information and understand what constitutes a good and legitimate source in the field? This scoping review summarizes the existing research on this topic, identifies potential future research directions, and provides librarians with guidance on the conduct of scoping review methodology.

Minding the Gaps: Conducting and Using Scoping Reviews in the Library Context. Accepted, at ALA, Washington, DC June 2019

Authors: Kate Mercer, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, Kari Weaver.

What is a scoping review? How does it differ from other knowledge transfer approaches? Why would we employ it within a library context? How can a librarian actively lead or contribute to scoping reviews? Scoping reviews are an increasingly popular way of synthesizing research and identifying gaps in existing evidence, especially in the health field (Pham et al., 2014). Arksey and O’Malley (2005) highlight the importance of scoping reviews in address broad, complex research questions, or research questions that are...

Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access and Needs: Results from a Scoping Review, at ASEE Annual Conference 2019

Authors: Kate Mercer, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, Kari Weaver.

Information is one of the most important elements students need to thrive in academic, social, and professional contexts. Information seeking behavior is expressed in various forms, but at its core is the process of collecting, receiving, and discriminating amongst information. These processes may include published or unpublished materials, communicating with peers, family, or librarians, and may take place in person or in virtual spaces. It refers to the need for information, the awareness of what kind of information...

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