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Journal of Political Science Education Volume 6, 2010 - Issue 4: THEMATIC ISSUE: YOUTH, CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: QUESTIONS FOR THE DISCIPLINE
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From “Scuba Diving” to “Jet Skiing”? Information Behavior, Political Science, and the Google Generation

Stephen Thornton Cardiff UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 353-368 | Published online: 09 Nov 2010

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Suzan J. Harkness, Faith A. Rusk & Ramon Rubio. (2021) Using an Embedded Librarian Model to Increase Information Literacy in Political Science Research Methods. Journal of Political Science Education 17:3, pages 385-405.
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Elad Segev & Aviv J. Sharon. (2016) Temporal patterns of scientific information-seeking on Google and Wikipedia . Public Understanding of Science 26:8, pages 969-985.
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Paula Booke & Todd J. Wiebe. (2017) Improving student assessments of elections: the use of information literacy and a course-embedded librarian. Learning and Teaching 10:2, pages 83-106.
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Ruth Fay. (2017) An Exploration into the Information Searching Behaviours of Young Barristers in Ireland. Legal Information Management 17:2, pages 119-130.
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Wilson Castaño Muñoz. (2017) Information Behavior in Researchers at the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Antioquia. Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología 40:2, pages 145-152.
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Barbara Junisbai, M. Sara Lowe & Natalie Tagge. (2016) A Pragmatic and Flexible Approach to Information Literacy: Findings from a Three-Year Study of Faculty-Librarian Collaboration. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 42:5, pages 604-611.
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Erin Ackerman & Brian K. Arbour. (2016) “I Have Ten Peer Reviewed Articles. Now What?” How Political Science Research Methods Textbooks Teach Students About Scholarly Context. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 42:5, pages 612-619.
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Alasdair Blair. (2013) Democratising the Learning Process: The Use of Twitter in the Teaching of Politics and International Relations. Politics 33:2, pages 135-145.
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Megan Fitzgibbons. 2013. Social Software and the Evolution of User Expertise. Social Software and the Evolution of User Expertise 180 200 .
Stephen Thornton. (2011) Trying to Learn (Politics) in a Data-Drenched Society: Can Information Literacy Save Us?. European Political Science 11:2, pages 213-223.
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Fran Moran. (2013) Fascist Pizza and the Lyceum Bakery: Remix, Mash-Up, and Student Generated Mixed Media in an Introductory Political Theory Course. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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