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She recently completed her M. Ed. ( Curriculum) with a focus in technology integration at Acadia University .  \nContact: [hgunn@accesscable.net](hgunn@accesscable.net)  \nDr. Gary Hepburn is an Assistant Professor, Acadia School of Education, and Acting Director of Continuing and Distance Education, at Acadia University . His research focuses on the design and use of online educational environments ( OEE) .  \nAbstract  \nThis paper reports the findings of a study undertaken in four Nova Scotia public schools of twelfth grade students ' information seeking strategies when they use the Internet asan information source . Various Nova Scotia Department of Education curriculum documents hold high expectations of students ' information seeking strategies when using the Internet for educational purposes . This study looks at whether these expectations are being realized. The results include the students ' use of specific information seeking strategies, knowledge of World Wide Web Search engines, as well as how students acquired their Internet information seeking knowledge, and students 'perceptions of t heir ability to locate information on the Internet. The results of the study have important implications for Internet education and the role of information professionals in public schools .  \nRésumé  \nCet article pré sente les ré sultats d'une étude, mené e dans quatre é coles publiques dela Nouvelle é cosse, auprè s d'étudiants de douzième anné e, sur leurs straté gies de recherche d'informations lorsqu'ils utilisent l'Internet comme source d'informations .  \nPlusieurs comptes rend us de programmes d'études du Department of Education de la Nouvelle é cosse en attendaient beaucoup des straté gies de recherche d'informations des étudiants, dans le cadre de l'utilisation de l'Internet à des fins pédagogiques . Cette étude examine s i ces attentes ont ét é remplies . Les ré sultats concernent l'utilisation par l'étudiant de straté gies pré cises de recherche d'informations, la connaissance desmoteurs de recherche sur le World Wide Web, la façon dont les étudiants ont acquisleurs connaissances relatives à la recherche d'informations sur Internet et la perception qu'ont les étudiants de leur capacit é à repé rer des informations sur Internet. Les ré sultats de l'étude ont des ré percussions importantes sur l'éducation par Internet et sur le rôle des spé cialistes de l'information dans les é coles publiques .  \nIntroduction  \nThere is an increasing reliance on the Internet for information seeking in schools . In fact, many students prefer the Internet as an information source to traditional print sources ( Bilal, 2000; Environics Research Group, 2001; Fide l et al., 1999; Lenhart, Rain ie, & Lewis, 2001; Watson, 1998) .  \nWhile spending on Internet connectivity in schools has increased, spending on print sources has decreased dramatically in most Canadian schools ( Cavill & Bodnar, 1997; Dasko, 2001; Durand & Wente, 2001) . As a result, the Internet is frequently the main, or only, current source of information for research purposes for students . This situation is particularly true in Nova Scotia public schools .  \nThere have been years when some schools in Nova Scotia spent no money on school library books ( Durand & Dasko, 2001) , while substantial amounts were spent on Internet connectivity and maintenance (Information Economy Initiative, 2001; NS Information, n.d.) . The Information Economy Initiative put more than $90 million into Internet connections, hardware, software, technical support, and professional development for schools and universities in Nova Scotia (Information Economy Initiative, 2001) . 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