Just the Facts: An Examination of E-Book Usage by Business Students and Faculty |
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| Authors: | Carol Simon |
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| Institution: | 1. Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library , Hofstra University , Hempstead, NYCarol.R.Simon@hofstra.edu |
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| Abstract: | Business students and faculty expect the electronic delivery of content within their multiple disciplinary subject areas. The speed of acceptance and the rate of migration from print to electronic sources within the various business disciplines outpaces the acceptance rates in the humanities and other social sciences. Business students and faculty exhibit information-seeking behaviors that are unique to the practice-oriented nature of a business education. Electronic resources re-enforce this information-seeking behavior. The technology utilized in the creation of e-books enables business students and faculty to successfully locate specific data, both textual and numeric within the resource, further reinforcing their behaviors and accelerating the demand for additional e-books. Business students and faculty use e-books as reference books. |
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| Keywords: | business students business faculty information-seeking behaviors e-books reference books |
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