Technical Services Quarterly
Volume 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-13

International students and language preferences in library database use (Article)

Zhuo F.* , Emanuel J. , Jiao S.
  • a Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Warrensburg, MO 64110, United States
  • b Central Missouri State, Warrensburg, MO, United States
  • c Central Missouri State, Warrensburg, MO, United States

Abstract

Library service to international students is a challenge because many are not fluent in English or have any previous library experience in American universities. Library database interfaces, suchs as EBSCO, OCLC's FirstSearch, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), and JSTOR provide additional language features (in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) to assist international students. Librarians at Central Missouri State University and St. Louis University conducted a survey to find out the preferences of international students. Topics include the use of multilingual features, bibliographic instruction given in the students' home nations, and questions about the literal translation of search keywords and terms. © The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Academic library Academic librarian Language preference Database interface international student

Index Keywords

Academic librarian Language preference Libraries Students International students Database interfaces Academic libraries Electronic data interchange
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34548503408&doi=10.1300%2fJ124v24n04_01&partnerID=40&md5=8fe04bc5acb8f3b3c1b87967b9f588bc
DOI: 10.1300/J124v24n04_01
ISSN: 07317131
Cited by: 17
Original Language: English