Consulting with an embedded librarian: student perceptions on the value of required research meetings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This qualitative research project was undertaken to discover how students perceive the embedded librarian in their nursing class. The researchers determined how a required group research meeting was valued by students and whether that value warranted the necessary time and energy by an embedded librarian.

Methods

Researchers conducted focus groups with twenty-three students from two different sections of the same nursing research methods undergraduate course. Students' responses to a series of five questions were recorded within Zoom and supplemented by handwritten notes. Data was coded by hand and patterns that emerged from the five focus groups were analyzed.

Results

Participants reported overall satisfaction with the embedded librarian and students felt t

SUBMITTER: Franzen SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486084 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature