Law Student Information Seeking, and Understanding of Citation, Common Knowledge, and Plagiarism

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Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper studies information seeking behavior among law students including: how previous literacy training before and during law school, law student gender, where one attends law school, year in law school, and previously obtained education affects law students' selection of information sources, their understanding of common knowledge, and their decision of whether or not to give attribution to these sources.

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Helge, Kris October 25, 2017.

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Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper studies information seeking behavior among law students including: how previous literacy training before and during law school, law student gender, where one attends law school, year in law school, and previously obtained education affects law students' selection of information sources, their understanding of common knowledge, and their decision of whether or not to give attribution to these sources.

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Abstract: This study examines how previous information literacy training before and during law school, law student gender, law student age, where one attends law school, year in law school, and previously obtained education affects law students' selection of information sources, their understanding of common knowledge, and their decision of whether or not to give attribution to these sources. Zipf's paradigm that states humans perform the least amount of work to complete the greatest tasks guides the analysis of this study. To examine these factors, the researcher completes six focus groups and disseminates an online survey via SurveyMonkey. The data collected from these research endeavors suggests that law students do exhibit some differences in understanding of citation and citation behavior based on age and their year in law school. They also exhibit some differences regarding their understanding of common knowledge based on their year in law school, where they received their information literacy training, and where they attend law school. Yet, no statistically significant differences are discovered regarding where one attends law school and law student citation and source selection. Further this study reveals law students may tend to follow Zipf's paradigm and seek the path of least resistance to accomplish law school assignments.

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Helge, Kris. Law Student Information Seeking, and Understanding of Citation, Common Knowledge, and Plagiarism, paper, October 25, 2017; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036578/: accessed July 22, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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