(American Society for Engineering Education, 2025, 2025-06-22) Cari Kaurloto,
In the Fall of 2023, a team of STEM Librarians initiated a year-long research project,
funded by their library, to examine students’ perceptions of their own information literacy skills
and assess their actual competencies. The study focused on both undergraduate and graduate
STEM students through an online survey designed to capture retrospective and targeted
questions regarding key areas such as information retrieval, evaluating sources, thinking
critically, and citing accurately.