Understanding the Information Behaviors of Doctoral Students: An Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Moore ◽  
Emily Singley
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Behaviors

Do Doctoral Students Need Instructions on Using Google? -- An Exploratory Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Jamshid Beheshti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour

This paper reports on the findings of an exploratory study on doctoral students’ mental models of a search engine and their information seeking behaviour. Semi structured interview and direct observation techniques were used for the research purpose. The findings show that doctoral students can be differentiated in the dimension of…Cet article présente les conclusions d’une étude exploratoire sur les modèles mentaux des doctorants au sujet d’un moteur de recherche et leur comportement de recherche d’information. Les techniques de l’entrevue semi-structurée et de l’observation directe ont été utilisées pour cette recherche. Les résultats montrent que les doctorants se distinguent par la dimension exhaustive de… 

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