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Effects of Brief Integrated Information Literacy Education Sessions on Undergraduate Engineering Students' Interdisciplinary Research

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Figure 1. Applied sustainability maturity curve. The curve illustrates how the depth of understanding of the subject and information needs can be positioned in the maturity continuum.

Figure 1. Applied sustainability maturity curve. The curve illustrates how the depth of understanding of the subject and information needs can be positioned in the maturity continuum.

Table 1. Content of the IL education.

Figure 2. Development in research question formulation. After IL education, students' research questions focus more on sustainability of the applicable material options and their benefits.

Figure 2. Development in research question formulation. After IL education, students' research questions focus more on sustainability of the applicable material options and their benefits.

Figure 3. Development in information search questions. During IL education students' information search questions develop from seeking facts and comparison information to detailed, application based information. After the course, students express information needs for interacting with the information and creating new knowledge. During the course the emphasis of the information search questions moves from left to right, from basic to more mature questions.

Figure 3. Development in information search questions. During IL education students' information search questions develop from seeking facts and comparison information to detailed, application based information. After the course, students express information needs for interacting with the information and creating new knowledge. During the course the emphasis of the information search questions moves from left to right, from basic to more mature questions.

Table 2. Students' criteria of reliability or quality of documents.