ArticleAuthors: Brittany O’Neill (2021)
This study explored the range of undergraduate students’ natural
language preferences for library resources when shown
verbal and visual representations of those resources. The
results indicate little consensus for preferred language
although participants generally preferred natural language
over library jargon. The majority of participants did not use
the same language to describe a resource between the visual
and verbal exercises. Furthermore, prior library instruction had
no meaningful effect on participants’ language preferences.
More research is needed to explore the significance of recurring
library instruction on students’ language preferences and
if these language p... 
