A Quantitative Survey on the Influence of Students' Epistemic Beliefs on Their General Information Seeking Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidar Mokhtari
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
General Information ◽  
Epistemic Beliefs ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Science & Technology Teachers of the University of the Punjab, Lahore

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Muzammil Tahira ◽  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The University

The paper focuses on enquiring the information needs and Information seeking behavior of Science and Technology (S&T) teachers of the University of the Punjab (PU). Their preferences regarding various formats of information sources (printed and electronic) and importance of formal and informal sources have been explored through quantitative survey. Self-completion questionnaire was used to reach whole population of institutions/colleges/departments of all Science and Technology faculties. Findings reveal: both libraries and e-resources are playing important role in meeting respondents' information needs; direct access to e-sources has slightly decreased the number of their visits to departmental and central libraries; and faculty spend comparatively more time on searching web sources than print sources.

scholarly journals How Unique Are Our Users? Part 2: Comparing Responses Regarding the Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 450-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Robbins ◽  
Karen Rupp-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
General Information ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Comparison Of The Results

This follow-up study examines whether or not findings of single institution studies are applicable to other institutions by performing an institution-to-institution comparison of the results obtained from an information-seeking behavior survey sent to education faculty at twenty research institutions. The results from this study corroborated what was found in the previous study conducted on the information-seeking behavior of engineering faculty in 2009. It indicates that general information about information-seeking behavior of faculty holds true across institutions, while information related to specific library services or facilities should be validated locally.

scholarly journals Information Seeking Behavior of Pakistani Newspaper Journalists

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 50-72
Author(s):  
Mumtaz A. Anwar ◽  
Muhammad Asghar
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
General Information ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Ranking Problem ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The One ◽  
Searching Skills ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

This study, a replication of the one done in Kuwait, investigated the information seeking behavior of print journalists in Lahore, Pakistan, using a self-administered questionnaire. The 87 respondents, coming from 11 establishments, were mostly male. In terms of the type of information, they place emphasis on fact checking and general information. Information was obtained by using a wide variety of both informal and formal sources. ‘Human' sources were the primary informal sources used by the participants. Personal collections, daily news diaries, and news agency reports were considered high in terms of importance. The Internet and the ‘in-house electronic library of stories/reports generated by their colleagues' was very limited both in availability and use. The lack information searching skills is their top ranking problem. They consider these very important for their work and are willing to go through training if it were provided to them.

Future of academic libraries: Opportunities and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raysh Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Information Need ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
High Bandwidth

Rapid advances in technological innovations, affordable high bandwidth networks, explosive growth of web resources,sophisticated search engines, ever growing digital resources and changing information seeking behavior of users are greatly transforming the future of academic libraries. The paper outlines the challenges which are very dominant and posing threat for the existence of academic libraries and suitable strategies requires to be made by the libraries and librarians to meet the expectations and information need of their existing and potential clienteles.

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