[LINK] Fwd: [WEB4LIB] The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & Americ

[Tony Barry]

>Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 15:15:34 -0700 (PDT)
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>From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>
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>Subject: [WEB4LIB] The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew 
>Internet & Americ
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>
>About a week ago, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
>released a report called "The Internet and Education", based on surveys of
>754 youths ranging from 12-17 years old.
>
>The following is among their findings:
>
>"When asked to think about the last big report they wrote for school, 71% of
>online teens reported relying mostly on Internet sources for their research.
>Another quarter (24%) reported using mostly library sources, and 4% said
>they used both equally."
>
>An interesting report, available at:
>
>http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=39
>
>Bernie Sloan
>Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
>University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
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>Urbana, IL  61801
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>E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu

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