Do teachers assign or require their students to use electronic resources for education purposes?
As highlighted in table 2, teachers were asked how often they direct their students to use specific print and nonprint resources in the SLMC. More than 27 percent “sometimes” direct students to use electronic databases, 18 percent “often” do, and less than 42 percent “never” do so. While 78 percent of the faculty “sometimes” or “often” refer their students to the Internet, 30 percent or more “never” refer students to specific print reference materials, multimedia resources, and electronic databases. As shown in table 3, less than 69 percent of teachers say they “never” tell students not to use the Internet as their only resource; however, a similar percentage also say they “never” tell students not to use the Internet at all. More than half of teachers said they “never” tell students to consult print before electronic resources or to use electronic databases before the Internet. Data were collected to determine the differences between the faculty departments and their responses. More t
