Project Information Literacy: What Can Be Learned About the Information-Seeking Behavior of Today's College Students?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison J. Head
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Validating a Model for Information Literacy Instruction for Elementary School Students: A Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Nesset
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information Literacy Instruction ◽  
Third Grade Students ◽  
Seeking Behavior

A qualitative study was conducted with third-grade students to validate and ascertain the efficacy of an empirically-based model integrating features from research into information-seeking behavior and information literacy and specifically developed for information literacy instruction of younger elementary school students.Une étude qualitative a été menée auprès des élèves de troisième année dans le but de valider et de vérifier l'efficacité d'un modèle empirique intégrant des aspects de la recherche sur le comportement de recherche d'information et sur la compétence  informationnelle, modèle développé spécifiquement pour l'enseignement des compétences informationnelles aux élèves les plus jeunes à l'école primaire.

Health Information Seeking Behavior Among College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1094-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey H. Basch ◽  
Sarah A. MacLean ◽  
Rachelle-Ann Romero ◽  
Danna Ethan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Health Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals Factors Influencing College Students’ Mental Health Promotion: The Mediating Effect of Online Mental Health Information Seeking

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4783
Author(s):  
Wenen Chen ◽  
Qian Zheng ◽  
Changyong Liang ◽  
Yuguang Xie ◽  
Dongxiao Gu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Information ◽  
Health Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

For college students, mental health is an important factor in ensuring their ability to study and have a normal life. This research focuses on factors affecting the mental health of college students in the information network society. We constructed a theoretical model that influences their online mental health information seeking behavior from internal and external perspectives, and by extension, affects their mental health. Through the data obtained by field research and questionnaire survey on the online mental health information seeking behavior of some college students in Internet health information platforms, a structural equation model is used to test the hypotheses. Results show that the quality of external Internet platforms and the quality of internal electronic health literacy have a significantly positive impact on the online health information searching behavior of college students; electronic health literacy and online mental health information seeking behavior have significantly direct positive effects on college students’ mental health. Further, online health information searching behavior has a significant mediating effect between Internet platform quality, electronic health literacy, and college students’ mental health. The research conclusions have theoretical value and practical significance to study the factors influencing college students’ mental health in the context of information network society.

Health information-seeking behavior in the time of COVID-19: information horizons methodology to decipher source path during a global pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Health Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Information Horizons

PurposeTo determine the differences, as represented by information horizons mapping, in the health information-seeking behavior from a group of participants between March 2019 and April 2020 of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Design/methodology/approachIn March 2019, the author conducted a study on health information-seeking behavior in which 149 participants drew information horizons maps in a health-related context. They also took health and information literacy assessments. This exact study was replicated using the same population in April 2020 to determine the differences in what the participants drew on their maps and how these changes interacted with their health and information literacy, their age and their education.FindingsThere is a statistically significant difference in the increased number of sources and the ranked quality of the sources that people used during the pandemic. Participants were much more likely to use credible sources and news sources, especially if they were older, more educated and had higher literacy levels – both health and information. They also relied heavily on social media. The participant group in the pandemic had a much heavier reliance on sources that are often used in a passive encountering way but engaging with them in an active information-seeking manner. The health information-seeking behavior in this study did not adhere to other research that found issue with information overload, avoidance and cyberchondria in response to crisis situations.Originality/valueThis article utilizes information horizons methodology to explore pre- and post-pandemic information-seeking. It is completely unique in this approach.

scholarly journals BOOK REVIEW INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN MILLENNIAL GENERATIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Al Mar'atush Sholihah Nur'arifah ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Seeking Behavior

The book titled “Information Seeking Behavior Patterns In Millennials Generations” was written by the writers with the purpose of helping the millennial generation to find information properly. This purpose is successfully reached by explaining behavior and information, information-seeking behavior patterns, and both intern and externs factors of information-seeking behavior. It showed the importance of studying by seeking some information as support to do work. The main focus of this book is college students since college students need some information for their study sources to write scientific papers independently.

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