While in no way an exhaustive list, these sources provide some background and context for this project:

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Cooley, C. J., Malaby, T., & Stack, D. (2011). How are students actually using IT? An ethnographic study. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2011/11/how-are-students-actually-using-it-an-ethnographic-study

Delcore, H.D., Mullooly, J., & Scroggins, M. (2009). The Library Study at Fresno State. Institute of Public Anthropology, California State University, Fresno. http://www.csufresno.edu/anthropology/ipa/thelibrarystudy.html

Delcore, H. D., Teniente-Matson, C., & Mullooly, J. (2014). The continuum of student IT use in campus spaces: A qualitative study. EDUCAUSE Review, July/August. http://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/8/the-continuum-of-student-it-use-in-campus-spaces-a-qualitative-study

Duke, L. M., & A. D. Asher. (2011). College libraries and student culture: What we now know. Chicago: ALA Editions.

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Foster, N. F., & Gibbons, S. (2007). Studying students: The undergraduate research project at the University of Rochester. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1802/7520

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Khoo, M., Rozaklis, L., & Hall, C. (2012). A Survey of the Use of Ethnographic Methods in the Study of Libraries and Library Users. Library & Information Science Research, 34(2), doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2011.07.010.

Khoo, M., Rozaklis, L., Hall, C., & Kusunoki, D. (2016). “A really nice spot”: Evaluating place, space, and technology in academic libraries. College & Research Libraries, 77(1), 51-70. http://crl.acrl.org/content/77/1/51.abstract

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Suarez, D. (2007). What students do when they study in the library: Using ethnographic methods to observe student behavior. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 8. http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v08n03/suarez_d01.html

Valentine, B. (2001). The legitimate effort in research papers: Student commitment versus faculty expectations. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27, 107-115.

Williamson, K. (2006). Research in constructivist frameworks using ethnographic techniques. Library Trends, 55, 83-101.