The Impact of Library Instruction on the Quality of Student Project Performance in an Advanced Financial Management Case Class

The ways in which students incorporate information into their analyses of real world company performance cases are affected by the number of information sources available and the timing of the presentation of these sources to them. This article explores quantitatively for the first time the interaction of these elements of information broadcast, as well as that of the types of communication channels used to do so, to student receptivity to them in accomplishing this task in the actual finance capstone, undergraduate case course at The University of Toledo over 10 semesters from Spring 2006 to Summer 2010.