Understanding information-seeking behavior of international students in chinese academic libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
A W V Athukorala
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

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.

scholarly journals Digital Journeys: A Perspective on Understanding the Digital Experiences of International Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanton Chang ◽  
Catherine Gomes
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Online Behavior ◽  
New Host ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Conceptual Paper

The authors in this conceptual paper draw on the literature on information seeking behavior, social media use, and international student experiences to propose Digital Journeys as a framework which helps us understand the online behavior of international students. Here we theorize that the Digital Journey is the transition that individuals make online from relying on one digital bundle of information sources to a new bundle. This “new” digital bundle possibly can base in the new host country or internationally. We furthermore suggest that Digital Journeys is not only an under investigated phenomenon but a thoroughly necessary space to examine in order to improve the ways in which we present information to international students.

scholarly journals Effects of health information seeking behaviors on anxiety, and loss among East Asian international students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Chih-Chun Chuang
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Internet Health Information ◽  
Health Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This study examined the influences of anxiety, health information seeking behavior, cross-cultural loss on satisfaction with life among 186 East Asian international students while studying abroad in the U.S. The results showed that general and health anxiety are both significantly associated with satisfaction with life, while there is a positive association between health anxiety and Internet health information seeking behaviors. Internet health information seeking behavior also mediated the link between health anxiety and satisfaction with life in the U.S. Cross-cultural loss did not moderate the relationship between Internet health information seeking behavior and satisfaction with life as predicted. Results of this study provide additional knowledge about East Asian international students' health, including the connection between general and health anxiety, Internet health information seeking behavior, and satisfaction with life. Findings from this study may have implications for higher education institutions serving international students.

User Perception to Analysis and Methods of Using Electronic Resources in Coimbatore District Engineering Colleges: A Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
S. Ganesan ◽  
N. Thirunavukkarasu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
High Bandwidth

Academic libraries have for centuries played critically-important roles in supporting research in all subjects and disciplines within their host universities and colleges 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. This study surveyed students’ utilization of resources, services, and facilities of the academic libraries in colleges. The findings reveal that most of the respondents visited the library to accessing the e-resources. Google is the mostly preferred search engine for e-resource access. The majority of the respondents preferred the international journals for their studies.

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