Paper ID #24617Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access andNeeds: Results from a Scoping ReviewMs. Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo Kate Mercer is the liaison librarian for Systems Design Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Kate’s main duties include providing instruction and research services to students, faculty and staff. Kate graduated with a MI from the Univer- sity of Toronto in 2011, and in addition to her job as a liaison librarian is a PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo’s School of
responses from a range of computer science students from first year tograduate students. It should be mentioned that our study is not intended to be a completeformal quantitative investigation. Validation of the results with larger studies may berequired.The total number of raw data responses from all three institutions was 815. After cleaning theraw data to remove responses without signed consent, the total number of responses was 782.The full set of questions that were asked is included in Appendix A.Opinions of the respondents regarding the questions on search engine results and algorithm biaswere recorded in the form of a 7-point Likert scale ranging from “Strongly disagree” to“Strongly agree”. A sampling issue with the respondents was that