Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa.Qun G. Jiao is Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Newman Libary, Baruch College, The City University of New York.Sharon L. Bostick is President of the library consulting firm S.L. Bostick and Associates and was formerly Director of Libraries at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

...the information presented is accurate, current and very comprehensive....Overall, this is an impressively detailed text on this subject written by the three principal researchers in this field. It provides a comprehensive literature review of the subject, pulling together and discussing the major research that has been undertaken on library anxiety. The authors have an ambitious aim to pull in readers from a wide area of interest, as well as readers with varying levels of research backgrounds. They are successful...I would recommend this as the first book in this emergent field of study and for its comprehensive level of detail.

• 1 Part 1: Background2 Part 2: Theory3 Part 3: Research4 Part 4: Applications5 Appendix A: Library Anxiety Scale6 Appendix B: Scoring Protocols for the Library Anxiety Scale7 References8 Subject Index9 Author Index10 About the Authors

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa.Qun G. Jiao is Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Newman Libary, Baruch College, The City University of New York.Sharon L. Bostick is President of the library consulting firm S.L. Bostick and Associates and was formerly Director of Libraries at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

...the information presented is accurate, current and very comprehensive....Overall, this is an impressively detailed text on this subject written by the three principal researchers in this field. It provides a comprehensive literature review of the subject, pulling together and discussing the major research that has been undertaken on library anxiety. The authors have an ambitious aim to pull in readers from a wide area of interest, as well as readers with varying levels of research backgrounds. They are successful...I would recommend this as the first book in this emergent field of study and for its comprehensive level of detail.

• 1 Part 1: Background2 Part 2: Theory3 Part 3: Research4 Part 4: Applications5 Appendix A: Library Anxiety Scale6 Appendix B: Scoring Protocols for the Library Anxiety Scale7 References8 Subject Index9 Author Index10 About the Authors

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa.Qun G. Jiao is Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Newman Libary, Baruch College, The City University of New York.Sharon L. Bostick is President of the library consulting firm S.L. Bostick and Associates and was formerly Director of Libraries at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

...the information presented is accurate, current and very comprehensive....Overall, this is an impressively detailed text on this subject written by the three principal researchers in this field. It provides a comprehensive literature review of the subject, pulling together and discussing the major research that has been undertaken on library anxiety. The authors have an ambitious aim to pull in readers from a wide area of interest, as well as readers with varying levels of research backgrounds. They are successful...I would recommend this as the first book in this emergent field of study and for its comprehensive level of detail.

• 1 Part 1: Background2 Part 2: Theory3 Part 3: Research4 Part 4: Applications5 Appendix A: Library Anxiety Scale6 Appendix B: Scoring Protocols for the Library Anxiety Scale7 References8 Subject Index9 Author Index10 About the Authors