title: Anxiety and confidence in using a library by college freshmen and seniors.
abstract: The first study using a measure of library anxiety showed that 180 college freshmen have significantly higher scores than college seniors. A second study found that among freshmen students, those with high scores on Library Anxiety reported less confidence in using the library than those with low scores, even though the students were equal on several indices of academic ability and performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, King's College, PA 18711, USA.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Mech
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007999:Library Services; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*