Title, Description, and Subject are the Most Important Metadata Fields for Keyword Discoverability by Laura Costello

“…Setting – A public research university serving over 32,000 graduate and undergraduate students in the Southwestern United States of America. …”
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Testing a Warmth-Based Instruction Intervention for Reducing Library Anxiety in First-Year Undergraduate Students by Cecelia Parks

“…Methods – A quasi-experiment was conducted examining library anxiety rates in first-year undergraduate students at a public research university in the U.S. South. A one-shot warmth-based instruction session focusing on the emotional dimensions of library use was compared to a standard one-shot instruction session. …”
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Comparison of E-Book Acquisitions Strategies Across Disciplines Finds Differences in Cost and Usage by Laura Costello

“…Setting – A public research university serving an annual enrollment of over 49,000 students and employing more than 3,000 faculty members in the Southern United States. …”
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Public value dimensions and characteristics of future university by Zulkifli, Anis Syahira

“…This research aims to know what constitutes university public values in the future, particularly Malaysian Public Research University. There are two objectives that have been outlined, which are to know what constitutes university public value in the future and to examine how administrators anticipate the characteristics of future university. …”
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Study Describes Research Scientists’ Information Seeking Behaviour, but Methodological Issues Make Usefulness as Evidence Debatable by Scott Marsalis

“…Setting – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a large public research university. Subjects – Nine hundred two faculty, research staff, and graduate students involved in research in basic or medical science departments. …”
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The Launch of a Joint Library/Writing Centre Online Course on Academic Integrity. A Review of: Greer, K., Swanberg, S., Hristova, M., Switzer, A. T., Daniel, D., & Perdue, S. W. (2... by Cari Merkley

“…<br><b>Setting</b> – A public research university in the Midwestern United States.<br><b>Subjects</b> – 1650 students who completed the online module.…”
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Academic Library Use is Positively Related to a Variety of Educational Outcomes by Rachel E. Scott

“…Setting – A large, public research university in the Midwest US. Subjects – 1,068 non-transfer, first-year students who voluntarily completed the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey. …”
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Obtaining Journal Titles via Big Deals Most Cost Effective Compared to Individual Subscriptions, Pay-Per-View, and Interlibrary Loan. by Kathleen Reed

“…Design – Cost-per-article-use analysis. Setting – Public research university in the United States of America. …”
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The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters by Abd. Karim, Nor Izan, Mohd Rasdi, Roziah

“…This study has employed a cross-sectional survey which involves a sample of 131 final-year students from eight faculties in a selected Malaysian public research university. The outcome of this study has demonstrated that there was a positive and moderate relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career choice (r=0.452; p<0.001). …”
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Interaksi dalam pembelajaran berasaskan masalah secara kolaboratif menerusi talian dan kesannya terhadap pemikiran kritis pelajar by Baharudin, Siti Mastura

“…It involved 166 students who had enrolled in a programming-based subject at a public research university. Information obtained from the data collected in this stage was used as a guideline for developing a learning environment. …”
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Institutionalizing evidence-based STEM reform through faculty professional development and support structures by Sreyasi Biswas, Rocio Benabentos, Eric Brewe, Geoff Potvin, Julian Edward, Marcy Kravec, Laird Kramer

“…The Collaborative for Institutionalizing Scientific Learning (CISL) is an HHMI-funded program to reform undergraduate science and mathematics education at a large Hispanic-Serving public research university. The program has established a Faculty Scholar support model to impact the number of science and mathematics faculty using evidence-based practices in their classrooms. …”
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Obtaining Journal Titles via Big Deals Most Cost Effective Compared to Individual Subscriptions, Pay-Per-View, and Interlibrary Loan by Kathleen Reed

“…Design – Cost-per-article-use analysis. Setting – Public research university in the United States of America. …”
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Think 500, not 50! A scalable approach to student success in STEM by William R. LaCourse, Kathy Lee Sutphin, Laura E. Ott, Kenneth I. Maton, Patrice McDermott, Charles Bieberich, Philip Farabaugh, Philip Rous

“…Abstract Background UMBC, a diverse public research university, “builds” upon its reputation in producing highly capable undergraduate scholars to create a comprehensive new model, STEM BUILD at UMBC. …”
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Faculty Decisions on Serials Subscriptions Differ Significantly from Decisions Predicted by a Bibliometric Tool. by Sue F. Phelps

“…Setting – A public research university in the United States of America. …”
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Though Virtual Reference Services Have Increased, They Face Challenges and Opportunities in the Wake of COVID-19 by Hilary Bussell

“…Setting – A large public research university in Ontario, Canada. Subjects – Thirty-nine libraries across the three campuses of UTL. …”
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Evaluating Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding CalFresh Participation in University Students by Brittany M. Loofbourrow, Anna M. Jones, Gwen M. Chodur, Suzanna M. Martinez, Leslie C. Kemp, Rachel E. Scherr

“…Setting: A public research university in California. Participants: Enrolled undergraduate and graduate/professional students (<i>n</i> = 10,000). 1535 responses with 1408 included in analysis for having complete data. …”
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Graduate Assistants Trained in Reference May Not Consistently Apply Reference Interview and Instructional Strategies in Reference Interactions by Sarah Bartlett Schroeder

“…Setting – A large, public research university in Montreal, Canada. Subjects – Three graduate students in Library and Information Science employed by the university library to provide virtual and in-person reference services. …”
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Completion of an Online Library Module Improves Engineering Student Performance on Information Literacy Skills Tests by Rachel Elizabeth Scott

“…Design – Multi-modal, pre- and posttests, survey questionnaire, and focus groups. Setting – Public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. …”
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Full-Time Faculty View Information Literacy as Important but Are Unlikely to Incorporate it Into Their Teaching by Eamon C. Tewell

“…Setting – Large public research university located in Toronto, Canada. …”
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Faculty Decisions on Serials Subscriptions Differ Significantly from Decisions Predicted by a Bibliometric Tool by Sue F Phelps

“…Setting – A public research university in the United States of America. …”
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