A study of students' attitudes and perceptions of digital scientific information landscape

Abstract

This paper presents results of the research of students at the Faculty of humanities and social sciences in Zagreb, Croatia about their attitudes and perceptions of digital scientific information landscape. The results of the research show that use of digital scientific information resources including use of open access information resources has become a constant activity among students in their daily academic activities. The students who participated in the research demonstrated their familiarity with the key characteristics of digital information resources which suggests their increased competence for selection and use of digital scientific information resources in their education. The increase in use of scientific digital content on mobile devices has also become a steady trend which calls for adapting digital content used in student's education. Unfortunately, students are still mostly self-taught about use of digital scientific information resources which should be changed.