6.2.1. Importance of information sources/services
Students answered a survey on the importance of various
information sources or services for the completion of their projects,
and their ratings are summarized in Fig. 6. Almost all the information
sources were perceived by students as generally important as
evidenced by the above 3.5 ratings given to all the information sources
above. The most important source of information was Yahoo! followed
by the use of the public library and the school library. Although
searching on the web was the most convenient means of obtaining
information, the more traditional forms of information seeking, such
as using the school and public libraries, still appeared to be important.