The Google Generation: Are ICT Innovations Changing Information Seeking Behaviour? Information Search Behaviour Developments and the Future Learner20103Barrie Gunther, Ian Rowlands and David Nicholas. The Google Generation: Are ICT Innovations Changing Information Seeking Behaviour? Information Search Behaviour Developments and the Future Learner. Oxford: Chandos 2009. 207 pp., ISBN: 9781843345572 £47.00 (soft cover)

The major aim of the study was to investigate the effects of information seeking behaviour on accessibility of library services by students with visual impairment. The study was carried out at Hamu Mukasa Library of Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. The study objectives were to weigh the needs of information to Students with Visual Impairment (SWVI) in UCU library, assess information seeking behaviors of SWVI at UCU library, to evaluate the library facilities and services currently available for SWVI, to interrogate the sources of information for SWVI and to analyze the challenges encountered by SWVI while seeking for information at UCU library. The researcher used a descriptive design confirming about the truthfulness of the matter of fact to give wright answers to the research questions in an understandable manner giving the exact picture of what transpires amidst the SWVI while seeking for information from the Library. The study applied the qualitative together with quantitative research methods venturing into and making use of questionnaires and extracting information from the documents. The target population in the study included SWVI and staff at Uganda Christian University (UCU) Hamu Mukasa library. The study targeted the visually impaired students plus library staff members who serve or train information search skills to the students. A sample size of 100 participants was chosen from the total population of 150 whereby sample size of library staff was 60 and a sample of 40 students with visual impairment. The findings revealed that the library staff have inadequacy skills to allow them understand the needs of SWVI and their information seeking behaviours, thus failure to serve SWVI diligently. In regard to this, the study is mandated to air out the services provided, the facilities available and showing how they are insignificant to suite the information requirements of these particular users of the library. The study was well-timed to handle the assessment on effects of information seeking behaviour while accessing library services by (SWVI) at Uganda Christian University. The study recommended to the government, academic libraries, Non-Government Organisations and other agencies serving visually impaired people; to work together on the strategies to improve library facilities and information services for the visually impaired students.

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How Children Gauge Information Trustworthiness in Online Search: Credible or Convenience Searcher?

Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries ◽

10.47657/2019211468 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Noorhidawati Abdullah ◽

Siti Khairatul Razifah Basar

Keyword(s):

Information Search ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Important Criterion ◽

Online Search ◽

Search Behaviour ◽

Information Trustworthiness ◽

The Web

This study investigates children information search behaviour to inform about their search characteristics. The study uses a qualitative approach by observing and noting the children’s searching process. A total of 30 children aged 7-9 years participated in this study. The unobtrusively observation sessions were video-recorded on children's searching process via the Web. Probing interviews were used to gather understanding on how the children perceive information trustworthiness. The data was analysed using thematic coding approach. The finding highlighted two main characteristics of children search: Credible Searcher and Convenience Searcher. The children in general could gauge information trustworthiness and have confidence with regard to the relevance, reliability and the credibility of the resources. The children do not consider source reputation and currency as an important criterion when seeking information. This study contributes to a better understanding of information trustworthiness as reflected in young children’s information seeking processing.

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A model for tourists' information search behaviour on Ghanaian cuisine

African Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management ◽

10.47963/ajthm.v1i2.142 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 130-144

Author(s):

Stephen E. Hiamey ◽

Edem Amenumey

Keyword(s):

Information Search ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Local Food ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Search Behaviour ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Repeat Visit ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Grounded Theory Approach ◽

Depth Interviews

The aim of this study is to explore the information-seeking behaviour of international tourists in relation to Ghanaian cuisine. The study employed both the origin and destination context to gain an understanding of international tourists’ local food information search process. A grounded theory approach was used for both data collection and analysis. A total of 40 in-depth interviews were conducted in the process. The paper shows that most international tourists do not search or engage in an adequate information search on local food before their journeys. The findings further reveal that contextual conditions such as tourist typology and repeat visit shape tourists’ level of knowledge on local food, which in turn affect the information search strategies adopted at the destination. It is concluded that international tourists visiting Ghana are generally ignorant of the local cuisine; therefore, the Ghana Tourism Authority should find innovative ways of getting information on local cuisine to tourists upon arrival into the country.

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STAGES OF HIGHER MATHEMATICS TEACHING FOR FUTURE CIVIL PROTECTION SPECIALISTS

Bulletin of Lviv State University of Life Safety ◽

10.32447/20784643.18.2018.20 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 168-172

Author(s):

M. Kusiy

Keyword(s):

Information Search ◽

Cognitive Activity ◽

Civil Defense ◽

Educational Material ◽

Material System ◽

Civil Protection ◽

Intellectual Activity ◽

Innovative Teaching ◽

The Future ◽

Selection Of

Introduction. During the training of emergency specialists, the development of a clear, structured thinking is important. And the mathematical disciplines themselves are aimed at activating the intellectual activity of cadets and students, the ability to think logically, consistently, and reasonably. However, cadets and students consider mathematics to be a complex, inaccessible and not very necessary science. Therefore, there is a need for continuous, continuous development of methods, technologies of forms of training that would increase interest, accessibility to mathematical disciplines and at the same time, were aimed at improving the quality of training of future rescuers. Purpose. Identify the main stages of teaching higher mathematics for future civil defense specialists and substantiate their peculiarities. Methods. The article used methods of scientific knowledge (general), methods used in the empirical and theoretical levels of research (transition from abstract to specific). Results. The basic stages of teaching higher mathematics for future specialists of civil defense are determined: motivation, research, assimilation, application. The proposed stages are analyzed in detail. The regularities that contribute to the increase of motivation (selection of educational material, system approach, creative approach, a variety of forms and methods of teaching, taking into account the specifics of the future profession, the use of innovative teaching technologies) are highlighted. There are three phases of knowledge (curiosity, curiosity, theoretical knowledge). It is determined that for the acquisition of knowledge it is possible to use the information - search type of classes with its microstructure. Planning the microstructure of occupations in the first place should put the level of cognitive activity, awareness and independence in the performance of educational tasks. It is noted that the process of assimilation is the process of internalization of knowledge, putting it into the inner plan of man, and the application is to extraorise knowledge, make it to the outline of human activity. It was investigated that the stage of application of knowledge is divided into two parts (the first is the application of knowledge, skills in standard terms, the second - the transfer of knowledge, skills, skills in new, changed conditions). Examples of applied tasks that can be solved in higher mathematics classes are given. It is substantiated that only in combination of all stages is formed the need for knowledge acquisition and their application. Conclusion. Stages of teaching higher mathematics - a cyclical process that requires constant improvement, hard work of the teacher. Stages of motivation and application combine the same laws (selection of educational material, creative approach, taking into account the specifics of the future profession, the use of innovative teaching technologies). And only in a logical, thought-out combination of these stages can one form the future need for civil protection specialists to expand the knowledge and apply it to practical application.

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Knowledge Organization Systems in Canadian Digital Library Collections

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais189 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ali Shiri

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Information Search ◽

Knowledge Organization ◽

Digital Collections ◽

Search Behaviour ◽

Knowledge Organization Systems ◽

Knowledge Organization System ◽

Use Of Knowledge ◽

Library Collections

The paper reports on a study of the ways in which Canadian digital library collections make use of knowledge organization systems to support users’ information search behaviour. The study identified 33 digital collections which have employed some type of knowledge organization system in their search interfaces.Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude sur la manière dont les systèmes d’organisation des connaissances sont utilisés par les collections des bibliothèques numériques canadiennes, afin d’assister le comportement de recherche informationnelle des utilisateurs. Cette étude a identifiée 33 collections numériques qui ont employé certains types de systèmes d’organisation des connaissances dans leurs interfaces de recherche.

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Physicists and Astronomers Use Google as a Starting Point for Specific Queries, but Do Not Intentionally Use It to Search for Articles

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice ◽

10.18438/b8zs6n ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Laura Newton Miller

Keyword(s):

Search Engine ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Critical Incident ◽

Online Survey ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Specific Information ◽

Information Seeking Behaviour ◽

Starting Point ◽

General Search ◽

Information Event

A Review of: Jamali, H. R., & Asadi, S. (2010). Google and the scholar: The role of Google in scientists' information seeking behaviour. Online Information Review, 34(2), 282-294. Objective – To determine how Google’s general search engine impacts the information-seeking behaviour of physicists and astronomers. Design – Using purposive stratified non-random sampling, a mixed-methods study was conducted which included one-on-one interviews, information-event cards, and an online questionnaire survey. Setting – Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. Subjects – The researchers interviewed 26 PhD students and 30 faculty members (23% of the department’s 242 faculty and students), and 24 of those participants completed information-event cards. A total of 114 respondents (47.1% of the department members) participated in the online survey. Methods – The researchers conducted 56 interviews which lasted an average of 44 minutes each. These were digitally recorded, fully transcribed, and coded. The researchers asked questions related to information-seeking behaviour and scholarly communication. Four information-event cards were given to volunteer interviewees to gather critical incident information on their first four information-seeking actions after the interview. These were to be completed preferably within the first week of receiving the cards, with 82 cards completed by 24 participants. Once initial analysis of the interviews was completed, the researchers sent an online survey to the members of the same department. Main Results – This particular paper examined only the results related to the scholars’ information-seeking behaviour in terms of search engines and web searching. Details of further results are examined in Jamali (2008) and Jamali and Nicholas (2008). The authors reported that 18% of the respondents used Google on a daily basis to identify articles. They also found that 11% searched subject databases, and 9% searched e-journal websites on a daily basis. When responses on daily searching were combined with those from participants who searched two to three times per week, the most popular method for finding research was by tracking references at the end of an article (61%). This was followed by Google (58%) and ToC email alerts (35%). Responses showed that 46% never used Google Scholar to discover research articles. When asked if they intentionally searched Google to find articles, all except two participants answered that they do not, instead using specific databases to find research. The researchers noted that finding articles in Google was not the original intention of participants’ searches, but more of a by-product of Google searching. In the information-event card study, two categories emerged based on the kinds of information required. This included participants looking for general information on a specific topic (64%, with 22 cases finding this information successfully), and participants knowing exactly what piece of information they were seeking (36%, with 28 cases finding information successfully). There was no occurrence of using Google specifically to conduct a literature search or to search for a paper during this information-event card study, although the researchers say that Google is progressively showing more scholarly information within its search results. (This cannot be ascertained from these specific results except for one response from an interviewee.) The researchers found that 29.4% of respondents used Google to find specific pieces of information, although it was not necessarily scholarly. Conclusion – Physics and astronomy researchers do not intentionally use Google’s general search engine to search for articles, but, Google seems to be a good starting point for problem-specific information queries.

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