A study of students' knowledge in the use of the library

Abstract

The Library Information Quiz was given to 441 students, men and women representing the four academic classes, during a regular class hour in the second semester of the academic year 1930-31 at Ohio University. It seems a reasonable hypothesis that during each of the four years of college students should become better acquainted with the library and acquire facility in its use. The tabulated data presented do not support this hypothesis. Knowledge in the use of the library appears to be more closely related to students' general ability, as measured by the Ohio State University entrance examinations, than to educational achievement as measured by point-hour ratio. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)