Related studies consistent with wilsons definition, pettigrew et al. Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in. Chinese college students health information seeking behavior. Questionnaires were distributed to the students and data. Information need and information seeking behaviour of. Information seeking behaviour arises as a consequence of a need perceived by the information user, who in order to satisfy it, makes demands upon formal or informal information sources or services, resulting in either. Influencing factors the factors that influence the human seeking behavior include. A case of university of dubai ali amour elmaamiry tha.
The aim of these studies was to identify information needs, sources, and types of library use by the university students from various disciplinary fields. Pdf information seeking behaviour of law students in the. The objective of this research was to examine the information need and information seeking behavior of information science students in haramaya university. South african journal of libraries and information science. Kent 1979 states that information is the feed stock for knowledge. Library use and informationseeking behaviour of academics at lincoln university by ying amanda he. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of. When considered in terms of information seeking, students who lack the internal desire to seek information will not do so on their own, and, if forced, will show less. The study investigated information needs and seeking behavior of undergraduates in ajayi crowther university, oyo nigeria.
Boyd 1 stressed that information seeking is a fluid and situation dependent activity where a seekers actions are influenced by access to information, perceived quality of, and trust in. Tertiary level students information seeking behaviour based on gender and locality. It examines students awareness and use of different sources of information for their course. This study tries to seek information needs and information seeking behaviors of the malaysian social science graduate students by research to pursue master and phd. Analysis shows that students,teachers and scholars have been shown more affection to formal collection in libraries. Information seeking behaviour international research. To understand what differences exist between first year biology and final year biochemistry students in university college dublin so that measures can be taken to address those needs. Information needs and information seeking behavior of. Each of the 39 usable responses was examined, evaluated. Bilal 2002 reports the key findings of the information seeking behaviour and success of students in using the web. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age elis. Therefore, this study intends to identify undergraduate students information seeking behaviour. Fourteen of the articles focus exclusively on high school students. Boumarafi 2010 noted a change in the information seeking behavior of students due to extensive availability of emajid et.
Hence survey method to collect in the college of students. The author makes a convincing case for the complexity of research that, among other things, attempts to define information, describe need, and explicate information use. Information needs and information seeking behaviour and use of information resources by mba students at a nigerian university pp. One article includes a comparison of the information seeking behavior. Impact of ict has done more for users of engineering.
Information seeking behaviour whether or not information needs are pursued depends on the individuals ability to identify their need and then to express the need in terms that are searchable by themselves or a third party. The purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors affecting the information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students registered at the university of south africa unisa as represented by its ethiopia regional learning centre, with particular emphasis on their use of electronic information resources. The present research intends to the information need and information seeking behaviour of engineering college students in madurai. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of post graduate students of school of economics at madurai kamaraj university.
The study highlights the positive aspects of seeking information from the students perspective as well as the barriers they encountered when seeking course. Seeking behaviour among the students of ondo state university of science and technology, okitipupa oyadeyi, adekunle e. Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students. Academic libraries must understand the information needs of faculty and students in order to address those needs.
It can include information seeking and information retrieval, but it also aims to understand why people seek information and how they use it. No sources of information male18 female59 yes to some extent no yes to some extent no 1. This journal is hosted by the su lis on request of the journal ownereditor. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of. Fairer and wessels 1990 refer to information seeking behaviour as the way people search for and utilize information. The students are now very comfortable in using web resources and they want more resources through web enabled technology. Making sense of the information seeking process of. Article information, pdf download for informationseeking behaviour of. The findings show that there are differences in the extent to which sources of information are used by students in different years of their studies. A user survey padma, p1 ramasamy, k 2 and sakthi renugadevi3 1. In order to assess the bibliographic search process of students, a questionnaire and log form were given to 55 undergraduate students at bucknell universitys bertrand library. This study investigates the information needs and information seeking patterns of.
In this paper the author presented the results of some of the available studies of students information seeking behaviour conducted in different countries. Library use and informationseeking behaviour of academics. Moreover, the study investigates whether academic level and discipline influence participants informationseeking behavior. Journal of advancements in library sciences volume 1, issue 1. In a related study, findings showed that access to libraries plunge. Pdf informationseeking behaviour in a major research. Contribution the research explicates how students information seeking behaviour can be captured beyond the four walls of a classroom by using a web 2. The study attempted to understand students awareness. Therefore, the study focused on information seeking behaviour of students and barriers to utilizing online resources to execute academic tasks. Information needs and seeking behaviour of business. Information seeking behavior differs among user groups. The study investigated use of electronic resources by. What other factors influence graduate students information seeking behaviour. There are certain themes which imply to understand and positive transform the information seeking habits of mature students 12.
Hence, the study is to gain a clearer picture of how graduate students seek information. Information need and information seeking behavior study is important to find out the sources and services used by the information seekers. Uwa department of library and information science imo state university, owerri, imo state. The paper presents the various attitudes and behaviour in seeking information from engineering college libraries by users. Seeking of information can be affected by different social and economic factors with personal channels and current affairs with health and good living 2, 28 and can be influenced by the ict application 1, 15. This study explores the information seeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars.
Informationseeking behavior of undergraduate, graduate. Article information, pdf download for informationseeking behaviour of african students in. Information seeking behaviour isb of tertiary level. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age. The informationseeking behavior of high school students.
Chen 1980 remarked that the information seeking pattern of an individual is determined by the. Studies in information seeking behaviour stem from concerns surrounding how people use information in their work environments. Information seeking is a fluid and situation dependent activity where a seekers actions are influenced by access to information. Information behavior is a field of information science research that seeks to understand the way people search for and use information in various contexts. The su lis takes no responsibility for the content published within this journal, and disclaim all liability arising out of the use of or inability to use the information contained herein. Introduction in 2016, zexi wei, a 21year old chinese college student died after receiving experimental treatment for synovial sarcoma at the second hospital ofthe.
Students information behaviour and the role of academic. Chinese college students health information seeking. Powered by ojs and hosted by stellenbosch university library and information service since 2012 disclaimer. Pdf study analyses information seeking behaviour of post graduate students. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of geography teachers for an information service intervention. Motivation, critical thinking, and learning theory by angela weiler available online 2 november 2004 research in information seeking behavior, motivation, critical thinking, and learning theory was explored and compared in a search for possible motivating factors behind students. They also observed that students information seeking behaviour involves purposeful information seeking as a result of the need to complete course assignments, prepare for class discussions, seminars, workshops, and write finalyear research papers. Information seeking behaviour information seeking behaviour can be described as an individuals way and manner of gathering and sourcing for information for personal use, knowledge updating and development. Collection of data the data required for the study was collected from primary as well as secondary. Informationseeking behaviour of undergraduate students. Informationseeking behavior in generation y students. Study on information need and seeking behavior of the. This model suggested that the steps of information seeking were as follows.
The field of information seeking behaviour in information science can broadly be defined as that which is concerned with determining users information needs, searching. Similarly, ajiboye and tella 7 stated that undergraduate students showed poor level of information seeking behaviour and require more exposure to the process of searching for information. Therefore, the study focused on information seeking behaviour of students and barriers to utilizing. This study is also to determine if there exist any correlation between information needs and information seeking of these graduates. Informationseeking behavior among pg students of university of. Information seeking behavior in this study was taken to mean the behavior displayed by judges. The students behaviour and success were compared in his study. Pdf informationseeking behavior among pg students of.
Information seeking behaviour of business school students. The nature of information seeking behavior in information exchange process has been discussed by willson as under. Information needs and information seeking behaviour and. Informationseeking behaviour of african students in malaysia. Nearly all studies of information seeking behaviour at school are qualitative. Fortyseven students completed the log and questionnaire. Continuous improvement of our systems also requires that we undertake rigorous research on the information seeking behaviors of our largest usergroup, the secondary school students. Relatively little is known about the information seeking patterns of students using college libraries. Factors influencing online buying behavior of college. Pdf information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in. The aim of this research is to gain a deeper insight into users information seeking behaviour by investigating the search strategies and techniques employed by readers using the opac online public access catalogue at cambridge university library. It aids in the planning, implementation and operation of information system and services in their work settings otike and matthews, 2000. The term information behaviour was coined by thomas d.
Information needs and seeking behaviour of students in two universities in imo state, nigeria by rosemary n. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal characteristics. Information needs and information seeking behavior of physically challenged students and faculty of the university of delhi. Pdf the information seeking behaviour, is considered as a human behaviour to search for. Based on survey findings, the author makes recommendations for improving both students information literacy levels and library services to. Existing literature on information seeking behaviour that focused on graduate students of universities, corroborate in various studies show that internet and libraries online resources play substantial role in students information seeking. The aim was to determine undergraduate students academic information needs and seeking behavior, to establish the problems. Factors affecting the informationseeking behaviour of.
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