Questionnaires were distributed to the students and data were collected over a period of 60 days between november and. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The heaklth facilities had neither informationcenter such as library, nor internet facilities. Information is an important tool used in the realization. Hence this study undertaken in four villages in odisha is an attempt in this direction which is designed to reflect the current knowledge of the farmers on agriculture, their information needs, seeking behavior, communication channels, the priority of information, and ways and means of better information related situation, etc.
Informationseeking behavior of basic science researchers. There is also need to repackage information into local languages and. Informationseeking behavior an overview sciencedirect. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior. International research journal of arts and social sciences, 14. Information needs and seeking behaviour among health. Information seeking behaviour is mainly concerned with who needs what kind of information and for what reasons, how information is found, evaluated and used, and how their needs can be identified and satisfied.
Reviews research studies on the information needs and informationseeking behaviour of rural dwellers in developed and developing countries. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of. The term information behaviour was coined by thomas d. 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. This study involved a qualitative investigation of consulting engineers information needs and informationseeking behaviour within the context of their projectrelated work roles and tasks. Patrons responses show that intermediary service providers can add value to the information service. One thousand, one hundred and fifty two usable responses from each of the two institutions compared in the study were. The purpose of this study is to identify the information channels used by the tamil nadu dr. The rapid growth of information made available to man during the last decades has further emphasised our dependence on information. Information and children information needs and information seeking behaviour of children is defined as the provision of desirable, up to data factual knowledge to the children at the appropriate time to enhance their welfare and ways or patterns pursued by them in an attempt to resolve an information need or needs. A conception of informationseeking as a process in which information needs are pursued, or in which problemsolving takes place. The link between good practice and the avoidance of plagiarism kirsty williamson is director, information and telecommunications needs research, caulfield school of information technology, monash university, and school of information studies, charles sturt university. Researchers and information specialists at the faculty of veterinary science, university of pretoria, were used as a case study.
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of information studies in the. This study is an investigation of information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural farmers in okpokwu local government area of benue state. The behaviour in the process of seeking information has also been changed with the change in the nature and characteristics of information and its formats. Seeking information from the internet often starts from a search engine, using either its organized directory structure or its text query facility. In the last few decades, researchers in developed countries have conducted studies in different disciplines to identify the needs and informationseeking behaviour of. Information seeking behavior according to wilson 1999, 2000, information seeking behavior includes those activities a person may engage in when identifying their own needs for information, searching for such information in any way, and using or transferring that information. Taylor 1968 defines informationseeking behaviour as information someone is searching for that helps fill out his picture of the world. The analysis suggests that the information needs of rural communities from all countries are very similar, although rural communities they do vary from region to region and from country to country. Only a few studies were found that focused on the informationseeking behavior of basic science researchers 2931. Information needs and seeking behaviour of law lecturers in kwame nkrumah university of science and technology, kumasi, ghana. Information need is an awareness of an information gap. In order to develop a more detailed patrons profile, a further study of the social and organizational environment of the user community is recommended as these factors help shape the information needs and information seeking behaviour of patrons.
The assessment explores information needs and communications channels, as well as trust networks and issues of language and literacy. An investigation of the information needs and information. Download citation information needs and information seeking behaviour of the physically challenged. Information seeking process in order to satisfy the information needs, the user actively undergoes the information seeking process. Information seeking behaviour introduction for thousands of years people have been seeking, making sense of, and using information in order to manage their work, solve their problems, or simply survive. Donald case estimates there are more than 10,000 publications in these and other disciplines related to the basic human quest for knowledge. To bridge these research gaps, the present study was conducted. This study investigated information needs and seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in the library of federal university of technology and imo state university library, owerri using a comparative approach. Information need and information seeking behaviour of. Information seeking behaviour is the human activities with respect to searching various sources, channels including use of that information.
To investigate the information seeking behaviors of social science graduates. In the last few decades, researchers in developed countries have conducted studies in different disciplines to identify the needs and information seeking behaviour of. The purpose of this study is to investigate the information seeking behaviour of the undergraduate students at dhaka university, bangladesh. South african journal of libraries and information science. A conceptual framework article pdf available in south african journal of libraries and information science 723 january 2006 with 21,294 reads. Qualitative research will help to identify factors that generate affective and cognitive needs and will result to the development of an informationseeking behavior model. Information needs and information seeking behavior of. A number of information seeking and retrieval studies seem to focus on these concepts, albeit in different ways.
Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students. A study of the information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students of makerere university, uganda. The information needs and information seeking behaviour. The focus of this research is to better understand teachers information needs, perceived competencies, preferences for information sources, and information seeking behaviours related to special education by level of teaching experience. Modelling the informationseeking behaviour of international. This study was undertaken to discover the informationseeking behaviour of academics and their use of the library at lincoln university of new zealand. Reviews research studies on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in developed and developing countries. The study aimed at investigating the information needs and information seeking behaviour of the rural farmers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the informationseeking behaviour of the undergraduate students at dhaka university, bangladesh. Pdf information needs and informationseeking behavior.
Purpose the paper reports a study which investigated information needs and information seeking behaviour of physically challenged people. The information needs and information seeking behaviour of community library users in msunduzi branch libraries, pietermaritzburg. The present paper discusses the information needs and information seeking behavior in the context of academicians, who are served by academic libraries. Research into informationseeking behavior occupies a niche at the intersection of psychology, management, communications, and information science. For the concept of information seeking behaviour to be properly appreciated, it is useful to introduce the concept of information seeking which, basically, is the consequence of a felt information need by a user who may then make demands upon formal and informal information sources or services to satisfy the need. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age. Joinson and banyard 2002 made two studies on information seeking behaviour on the internet. Most notably, public libraries have served as centers for health collections directed. Information seeking behavior differs among user groups. The purpose of this paper is to determine the information needs and informationseeking behavior of college faculty i. Interviews were transcribed into text files with all identifiable information removed then analyzed according to the methods of content analysis 15. Information needs and seeking behaviour of business students. Informationseeking behavior differs among user groups. The nature of information seeking behavior in information.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Informationseeking behaviour of undergraduate students. In addition to this, the present study also investigated specific electionrelated information needs and the sources used by voters to satisfy these information needs. Social scientists constitute one of the basic components of the information users community. The study focused very specifically on both information needs and seeking behaviour of physically. Information needs and seeking behaviour play significant role in the utilisation of information resources by secondary school students with special needs in ibadan metroplolis, their information resources needs in nature differ from that of their counterparts without special needs due to their peculiar health challenges which are visual, speech, hearing, locomotive and intellectual impairments. Information needs and information seeking behaviour. The attempt of the user in obtaining the needed information is described as the information seeking behavior. One thousand, one hundred and fifty two usable responses from each of the two institutions. Information needs, information seeking behaviour and.
The study focused very specifically on both information needs and seeking behaviour of physically challenged at. Informationseeking behaviour is a broad term that comprises information needs, use of information sources, information retrieval and use of information 8. To determine if there is a correlation exists between information needs of graduates verses information seeking of graduates. It is intended as practical resource for assisting the humanitarian response and, ultimately, the affected communities. Anne chernaik, in meeting health information needs outside of healthcare, 2015. It can include information seeking and information retrieval, but it also aims to understand why people seek information and how they use it. The study provides a snapshot of current trends in terms of the use of social media as information sources. Information users and usability in the information age. Most of the previous studies have only focused on source preference by voters. Understanding the information needs and information seeking behaviour of workers in an organization is the basis for designing and developing information systems and services to adequately satisfy their needs.
A questionnaire was designed based on the previous literature to study students information seeking behaviour at university of dubai library. A survey was taken among information seeking behaviour of womens. The aim of this study was to determine what the information needs, information seeking behaviour and information use behaviour of veterinary researchers are, and how these needs are being met by the library. Further research is also needed to examine the applicability of these findings to other contexts.
This study involved a qualitative investigation of consulting engineers information needs and information seeking behaviour within the context of their projectrelated work roles and tasks. Research on information seeking behavior of the visually challenged students was carried out in university of ghana, legon and university of education, winneba to investigate whether the services provided by those universities accommodated the information seeking behavior of visually challenged students or not. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of college library users of cachar district, assam. Information needs and seeking behaviour of business. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of grade. Information needs and seeking behaviour is for all categories of people be they urban or rural. The purpose of the study was to establish the information required by pastors to carry out their work, how they seek information and the problems they encounter in doing so.
Explaining health managers information seeking behaviour and use. Information seeking behaviour is when an individual uses information systems to search for information in order to satisfy the information gap. This study explores the informationseeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. The nature of information need differ from one person to another. The instrument used for the study was the student questionnaire.
Apr 21, 2015 information seeking behaviour studies have helped information professionals, doctors and social workers address medical patients information needs. Identifying the information needs of public library and. A case study article pdf available january 2014 with 4,873 reads how we measure reads. Information is important in every aspect of a humans life. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of the.
The previous studies generalised the resources from which the academicians can seek the information, irrespective of gender and quali. Informationseeking behaviour is also described as a way of gathering information for use, knowledge updating and development 7. What are pregnant womens information needs and information. The terms, information seeking behaviour, information searching behaviour and information using behaviour are synonymous terms. Five point likert scale was used to measure how far students were using. Dec 27, 20 age, sex, income, computer literacy and access, patient size, work experience and working site were significantly associated with information needs and seeking behaviour. Library use and informationseeking behaviour of academics. The concepts defining information, information needs, information seeking and information use have undergone significant evolution since they were first introduced. The attempt of the user in obtaining the needed information has been resulted from the recognition of some need, perceived by the user. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the library of uitm section 17. Information needs and informationseeking behaviour of. Information needs and seeking behaviour of voters during. Information behavior is a field of information science research that seeks to understand the way people search for and use information in various contexts. Ambedkar law university faculty members, information sources preferred by them, methods.
The health information seeking behaviour of health professional was significant. Information needs and information seeking behaviors of. When attitudes and actions are collaborated the performance emerges. According to iwe 2003, the rural area, in nigerian context, is any area that is far from the urban city, a village, a hinterland with no good access roads, no pipeborne water, no electricity. Some defined the term based on the general model of information behaviour developed by wilson 1997a. The information needs and information seeking behaviour of.
This study explores the information seeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. Information needs, information seeking behaviour, library services, library science introduction the rapid proliferation of information in the present era has significant implications for the education and library usage of university students. However, researchers and clinicians, even those in the same college, often have very different information needs, with clinicians requiring quick, concise information and researchers requiring more indepth information. Understanding teachers information needs, perceived. Information behaviour various definitions of information behaviour have been given by researchers. Studies in informationseeking behaviour stem from concerns surrounding how people use information in their work environments. Information seeking behaviour international research. Based on the level of performance, the satisfaction level of the acquired information is determined. Pdf information needs and information seeking behaviour. This study investigated the information needs and seeking behaviour of pastors in namibia. The information needs and informationseeking behaviour of.