The aim of this thesis is based on the analysis of the results of a survey conducted among students primarily to gain insight into their understanding of archives in the digital age. The thesis is divided into theoretical and research part. In the theoretical part, the focus is on the key terms mentioned in the research part of the paper, which are the terms archive, archivist, and archival practice. Also, the connection between the archive and the Internet and the services that the archive can provide to its users in this way are discussed. In the research part of the thesis the analysis of a survey conducted among students at the University of Zagreb is given. The survey includes basic data about the respondents in order to gain insight into their profile, analysis of understanding the concepts from the theoretical part of the paper and the habits and expectations of students when searching for information on the Internet. The results of this study are compared with the results of a study conducted by Caitlin Patterson at the University of Western Washington in 2016, although the results of this study are in focus. The results do not represent statistical data that refer to the whole of Croatia, but only to the student population of the University of Zagreb.