ACCESS IS A RIGHT, opportunity, means of finding, using or retrieving information. - Definition from the United Nations Archives and Records: International Standard ISO/TR15489-1, Clause 3.1
BUT - STUDENTS' POOR SEARCH SKILLS NARROW THEIR CHOICES.
They go straight for Wikipedia, or Google. At the very least they should be using The Canadian Encyclopedia. Databases seem way beyond the beyond.
NEW BARRIERS TO ACCESS INCLUDE IRONICALLY, THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ONLINE INFORMATION AS WELL AS:
* ADDICTIONS AND DISTRACTIONS
* COMPUTER USE HASSLES
* COPYRIGHT
* DISORGANIZED INFORMATION
* DOT.COM & ADVERTISING
* INDIVIDUAL LEARNING STYLES
* INTIMIDATED USERS
* NO TIME
* PASSWORD PROTECTED SITES
* PILING ON MORE INFORMATION
* POOR SEARCH SKILLS
* SCREEN READING
* SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
* STRESS
* TOO MANYCHOICES
* USER MELTDOWN
