Twenty-eight blind or low-vision and fourteen matched-sample sighted students attending public post-secondary institutions in the Atlanta metropolitan area were interviewed in this descriptive research to determine their academic information needs and their information-seeking behaviors. Thirty-six of the forty-two students discussed an academic information need related to a writing assignment, five students discussed an academic information need that was based on something other than a writing assignment, and one student did not have any academic information need. The academic information needs were analyzed in terms of variables such as type of vision, conditions of visual impairment, secondary school attended, gender, year in college, full or part-time status, major or program of study, and familiarity with the library. / The students' information-seeking behaviors were analyzed based on which of ten potential sources of information they used to satisfy their academic information need. For all students, the most frequently used information source was the library. Few students sought information from social services or governmental agencies. / The blind or low-vision students discussed their dependency on and the qualifications they sought in readers. Additionally, they identified areas in which librarians could improve service or assistance for blind or low-vision students. / The study concludes with some of the researcher's observations related to working with blind or low-vision college students. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: A, page: 2142. / Major Professor: Gerald Jahoda. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76662 |
| Contributors | Brockmeier, Kristina Crittenberger., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 255 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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