Information Seeking Behavior among the PG Students of Goa University, Goa: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
Padmavati Tubachi ◽  
Praveenkumar Kumbhargoudar
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Software Classification ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Modern Era

This paper is discussing the various attitudes and behavior to seek information through library and information Services in Goa University, Goa. In technological modern era, this research is helpful to user to keep themselves updated and to provide the detail study and information regarding how many innovative services like library software, classification and cataloguing schemes, are used in library. It also indicates a detailed study on which types of information sources are available in library, which information services are provided and with the access of internet, user can get various information as per their requirements. Further, it’s showing details study which policy is adopted to attract the more users.

Music, Musicians, and Information Seeking Behavior: A Case Study on a Community Concert Band

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petros A. Kostagiolas ◽  
Charilaos Lavranos ◽  
Nikolaos Korfiatis ◽  
Joseph Papadatos
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Concert Band ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Family financial socialization, financial information seeking behavior and financial literacy among youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Saeed Pahlevan Sharif ◽  
Navaz Naghavi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Financial Socialization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
And Behavior

PurposeThis study examined the relationship between financial information seeking behavior and financial literacy, as well as the relationship between parents' teaching and behavior with financial information seeking behavior through the factors of the risk information seeking and processing model among youth.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 802 tertiary education students participated in this cross-sectional study. Using covariance-based structural equation modeling, the model was assessed and hypotheses were tested.FindingsThe results revealed that financial information seeking behavior contributed to youth's financial literacy. While parents' sound financial behavior was directly related to seeking financial information, both parents' financial teaching and behavior indirectly, through the risk information seeking process, encouraged youth to actively seek for financial information. Moreover, parents' financial socialization directly and also indirectly through the risk information seeking and processing model explained youth's financial information avoidance. Among the two parts of the risk information seeking and processing model, planned behavior factors played a more salient role than cognitive need for financial information.Originality/valueThis study extends the risk information seeking and processing model by integrating family financial socialization to the model and applies it in the context of consumers' financial behavior. The results improve our understanding of the social and psychological mechanism that drives consumers' financial literacy and decision-making.

Contextual Factors Influencing Information Seeking Behavior of Social Scientists

2014 ◽  
pp. 190-210
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Many researchers in the area of information seeking behavior have highlighted the importance of context in influencing information-seeking behavior. However, few have elaborated on how contextual factors influence information-seeking in practice. This chapter explores the impact of disciplinary traditions of non-western, developing country external environments on patterns of information seeking and retrieval. Conditions that influence information seeking behaviors of social science scholars in non-western, developing countries impact research traditions, publication patterns, and subsequent formats are examined. This chapter draws on existing literature to examine the impact of contextual factors on information seeking by social science scholars as well as, on relevant findings based on research with other categories of researchers. The chapter concludes that there is substantial evidence from previous research to indicate the importance of contextual factors in influencing the information-seeking behavior of social scientists. Some of these factors are related to the nature of social science as a domain of study, while others are related to researcher’s external environment, including constraints on the availability of particular types of information.

Information-seeking in multilingual digital libraries

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hany M. Alsalmi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Black College ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Search System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose Less attention has been paid to users’ interactions and behavior in studying multilingual search. Although digital library researchers have yet to assess user interaction and behavior in multilingual search, they have concurred that there is a need for user studies that document the extent to which information retrieval systems meet multilingual users’ needs and expectations. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This study is composed of five individual cases. The case study participants were Saudi students enrolled either at a large state university or Historically Black College and University located in the same community. Research questions are, what do Saudi Digital Library (SDL) users experience when searching within the SDL in Arabic and English? And what strategies do they use if they fail to find resources? Data collected for this study were via a qualitative method called video-stimulated recall. Findings In the Arabic search tasks, participants realized that finding resources is not easy. Participants expressed their concerns about the lack of relevance and accuracy of results returned by the search system, indicating weak trust and confidence in the search system. Whereas in the English search task, participants felt more satisfied and confident in their ability to trust the results returned from the search system. Participants expressed their satisfaction in the search experience as it provided them with accurate and varying resources. The participants faced difficulties finding Arabic resources than English resources in the SDL. Originality/value This study is considered one of the earliest works in studying the information-seeking behavior of multilingual digital libraries in the Arabic language. The value of this study arises as being the first study to investigate and report the information-seeking behavior of SDL users.

Contextual Factors Influencing Information Seeking Behavior of Social Scientists

2016 ◽  
pp. 37-57
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Many researchers in the area of information seeking behavior have highlighted the importance of context in influencing information-seeking behavior. However, few have elaborated on how contextual factors influence information-seeking in practice. This chapter explores the impact of disciplinary traditions of non-western, developing country external environments on patterns of information seeking and retrieval. Conditions that influence information seeking behaviors of social science scholars in non-western, developing countries impact research traditions, publication patterns, and subsequent formats are examined. This chapter draws on existing literature to examine the impact of contextual factors on information seeking by social science scholars as well as, on relevant findings based on research with other categories of researchers. The chapter concludes that there is substantial evidence from previous research to indicate the importance of contextual factors in influencing the information-seeking behavior of social scientists. Some of these factors are related to the nature of social science as a domain of study, while others are related to researcher's external environment, including constraints on the availability of particular types of information.

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