Information seeking behaviour on an academic library search engine olubukola oduntan this dissertation was submitted in part fulfilment of requirements for the degree of msc information management dept. Towards a conceptual model meratian esfahani, leila department of computing and information systems the university of melbourne melbourne, australia email. The present study was undertaken with a view to know the status of information seeking behaviour of college library users of cachar district, assam which comprises of undergraduate students faculty members and research scholars. A survey was taken among information seeking behaviour of womens. Examples of informationseeking behaviors include active efforts to obtain information about a health topic with the help of search engines on the internet via ones cellphone or computer. Which factors influence the information seeking behaviour of graduate students in the university of thessaloniki. Discipline did not seem to demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal char affect informationseeking behavior acteristics. Context may be a factor of cognition or awareness, sociocultural as well as economic factors. Models of information behaviour however appear to be fewer than those devoted to information seeking behaviour or information searching. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The model was developed through a careful analysis and interpretation of empirical studies on the. In an important study examining the obstacles to seeking help koydemir, erel, yumurtac. Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in.
In this study, we observed the behaviour of a vertical slice of twentyseven academic lawyers, from first year undergraduate to professor, asking them to think aloud whilst. We now have a much deeper and less simplistic understanding of how people interact with information. The domain analytic approach to scholars information practices by sanna talja 19. Identify the specifics of the problem behavior and the.
Marchionini describes information seeking behaviour as information seeking is a special case of problem solving. This study is also to determine if there exist any correlation between information needs and information seeking of these graduates. Oct 09, 2012 ellis model of information seeking behaviour 1. A case study on students in private university library mohd razilan abdul kadir, nurul iylia sabeela johari and norhayati hussin faculty of information management, universiti teknologi mara, puncak perdana. Seeking information from the internet often starts from a search engine, using either its organized directory structure or its text query facility. The study of adeniyi 2007 reveals that lecturers of olabisi onabanjo university, ogun state seek for information in order to get information on teaching and research, while oyedirantidings 2004 in her empirical research on information needs and seeking behaviour of library. Young peoples helpseeking for mental health problems. In this paper these techniques are described and illustrated using examples from an ongoing study of the information seeking behavior of lower socioeconomic.
Information needs and information seeking behaviors of social. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age elis. Informationseeking behavior an overview sciencedirect. In the original study, researchers grouped important information seeking behaviors in 3 categories, reflecting the purpose of the activity. Joinson and banyard 2002 made two studies on information seeking behaviour on the internet. Information needs, sources and information seeking. Information seeking behaviour is usually affected by some factors as pointed out by boyol 2006. This study investigates the factors and challenges affecting the information seeking behavior of multidisciplinary science and technology researchers of the six departments of the federal institute of industrial research oshodi fiiro in nigeria.
This chapter explores the relationship between the ellis model of information seeking behavior and the scientific community of venezuela. Factors affecting the informationseeking behaviour of. Library resources, services and information seeking unl digital. The help seeking process was conceptualised using a framework developed during the research program. University of groningen healthseeking behaviour among adults. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of geography teachers for an. Factors that influence information seeking behavior may include the discipline, the demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal characteristics. As our research questions and foci in information seeking unc sils. A study of health information seeking behavior found that age, education, literacy, and accessibility had a positive influence on the use of library and print materials for seeking health information among this population gollop, 1997. Academic libraries must understand the information needs of faculty and students in order to address those needs. Undergraduates use of social media as information sources. With the advent of ehealth and etechnologies, very few. The study adopts a twophased, mixedmethod design to collect data on practicing chemists information seeking behaviors, attitudes, and. The field of information seeking behaviour in information science can broadly be defined as that which is concerned with determining users information needs, searching behaviour.
The ellis model of information seeking behavior and the. Information seeking behavior research can focus on improving information systems or, if it includes information need, can also focus on why the user behaves the way they do. Information seeking behaviour international research. Information seeking behaviour of faculties and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university, aizawl. Some studies have examined health seeking behaviour in rural communities 69 but there has been no similar survey of healthcare preferences among student population in nigeria. The literature on information seeking behavior has been, and remains, a hot topic.
Here is a questionnaire measuring helpseeking behaviour it was designed for. Information seeking behaviour is expressed in various forms, from reading printed materials, to ask friends or colleagues. Factors impacting information seeking behaviour of international students. A nonlinear model of information seeking behavior allen foster department of information studies, university of wales, aberystwyth, llanbadarn fawr, aberystwyth, ceredigion, sy23 3as, wales, united kingdom. Information seeking behavior among undergraduates students engaged in twitter. Healthseeking behaviour and student perception of health. For this reason, the nature of care seeking is not homogenous depending on cognitive and noncognitive factors that call for a contextual analysis of care seeking behavior. Studies in informationseeking behaviour stem from concerns surrounding how people use information in their work environments. Figure 1 is a variation on the model of 1996, developed by wilson. Information needs and information seeking behaviour.
Factors that influence informationseeking behavior. Explaining health managers information seeking behaviour and use. The chapter examines the influence on sensemaking dervin, information search process kuhlthau, and information use. This study explores the informationseeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. This study was undertaken to discover the informationseeking behaviour of academics and their use of the library at lincoln university of new zealand. A case of university of dubai ali amour elmaamiry tha.
Influencing factors the factors that influence the human seeking behavior include. The information seeking and use behaviors of retired investors lisa. Analysis shows that students,teachers and scholars have been shown more affection to formal collection in libraries. Information seeking behaviour involves personal reasons for seeking information, the kinds of information which are being sought, and the way sand sources with which needed information is being sought. Factors and challenges affecting the informationseeking. Information behavior is the currently preferred term used to describe the many ways in which human beings interact with information, in particular, the ways in which people seek and utilize information. Information needs, sources and information seeking behaviour. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age. Health seeking behaviour is part of a wider concept, health behaviour. It is widely understood that concepts form the basis for describing and explaining phenomena and processes in a field. This study explores the information seeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. Information needs and information seeking behaviors of.
Faculties and research scholars always need information to perform their duty and responsibility i. Is there a questionnaire for assessing health seeking behaviour. The study provides a snapshot of current trends in terms of the use of social media as information sources. The nature of information seeking behavior in information exchange process has been discussed by willson as under. Information is all around and is utilized in all walks of life right from purchasing a pin to writing a research article by the. Metasynthesis methods may help to make more sense of information behaviour research evidence. Information seeking behavior involves personal reasons for seeking information, the kinds of information which are being sought, and the ways and sources with which needed information is being sought. Academic libraries, where learning resources are acquired, processed and made accessible to the. Information seeking behaviour, information seeking behaviour models, wilsons model, krikelas model, dervins theory of sense making 1983, ellis model and kuhlthau model. Information need and information seeking behaviour of engineering college students in madurai a case study dr. Although it remains a valid tool for rapid appraisal of a.
The types of mental health problems examined varied across the studies and included depressive symptoms, personalemotional problems, and suicidal thoughts. Introduction the term information seeking behaviour under. Wilsons 1999 model of information behaviour explains that information seeking behaviour is a subset of information behaviour and information search is a subset of informationseeking behaviour. Information seeking behavior differs among user groups. Tibbo 2002 in her investigation of the information seeking behaviour of. The study investigated use of electronic resources by. A case of university of dubai by ali amour elmaamiry niversity of dubai u. South african journal of libraries and information science. The information needs and informationseeking behaviour of. This paper presents an outline of models of information seeking and other aspects of information behaviour, showing the relationship between communication and information behaviour in general with. Information seeking behaviour arises as a consequence of a need perceived by the information user, who in order to satisfy it, makes demands upon formal or informal information sources or services, resulting in either success or failure wilson 1999. It is also an aspect of scholarly work most interesting to academic librarians who strive to develop collections, services, and organizational structures that facilitate seeking of information. Information science to get information on these models on information seeking behaviour. Reducing behavior problems in the elementary school classroom.
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of information studies in the. The user evaluates multiple products or information sources to make a decision. The information needs and information seeking behaviour of community library users in msunduzi branch libraries, pietermaritzburg. This chapter presents the hbm and describes the different components of the model section 2. However, studies to understand the patients perspectives on the illness and their healthseeking behavior have been few in the country. The old guard objected that the phrase is a non sequitur information does not. Metasynthesis of research on information seeking behaviour christine urquhart aberystwyth university, department of information studies, aberystwyth sy23 3as, uk abstract introduction. This study presents original research designed to explore selected aspects of the information seeking behavior of practicing academic chemists. Informationseeking behavior differs among user groups. Information seeking is the process of searching and finding information, and of producing new knowledge. Informationseeking behaviour of undergraduate students. As well as the information seeking from electronic resources with internet has. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the thessaloniki. This study tries to seek information needs and information seeking behaviors of the malaysian social science graduate students by research to pursue master and phd.
Article information, pdf download for informationseeking behaviour of. Donald case estimates there are more than 10,000 publications in these and other disciplines related to the basic human quest for knowledge. Drawing upon existing research and previous attempts at modeling the information seeking behavior of specific professional groups, this article posits an original model of information seeking that is applicable to all professionals. It specifically focuses on searching, finding, and retrieving information. For example, one participant compared the prices and features of several pieces of specialized scientific. Understanding the information needs and information seeking behaviour of workers in an organization is the basis for designing and developing information systems and services to adequately satisfy their needs. The paper presents the various attitudes and behaviour in seeking information from engineering college libraries by users. Boyd 1 stressed that information seeking is a fluid and situation dependent activity where a seekers actions are influenced by access to information, perceived quality of, and trust in. In this study, we seek to investigate the magnitude of appropriate healthseeking behavior and factors associated with tuberculosis among people who had cough for at least two.
This study depicts a nonacademic setting and by extension the african context. Hence, the study is to gain a clearer picture of how graduate students seek information. Factors influencing psychological help seeking in adults. Information seeking behaviour of librarians in internet. Uzbekistan is an ideal location to research the influence of. Boyd1 stressed that information seeking is a fluid and critically. How informationseeking behavior has changed in 22 years. There is a need for a study on students information seeking behaviour to understand how. This chapter surveys the research in information seeking behavior, defined as the patterns of behavior that people display when they experience information needs, make choices about where and how to look for information, and reflect or act on the information they see. Dec 23, 20 tuberculosis remains the major debilitating public health problem in ethiopia. We understand information behavior better within social contexts and as integrated with cultural practices and values. According to this model, a person must first have a basic idea of what they want the goal to be achieved. Abstract background in 2007, lambert and loiselle conducted an extensive concept analysis of the term health information seeking behaviour. Chinnasamy head, department of library and information science, school of information technology, madurai kamaraj university, madurai 21 abstract.
Elicitation as micro level information seeking by meimei wu 21. The terms, information seeking behaviour, information searching behaviour and information using behaviour are synonymous terms. One hundred and sixty five researchers were given questionnaires of. A rapid assessment of health seeking behaviour in relation to sexually transmitted disease. However, there are conflicting views regarding the information needs and information seeking behaviour of users of information services. A cognitive account of the standard model can be derived from normans influential model of general task performance norman, 1988, which presents a broad perspective on how people operate in the world. Abstract the information seeking behaviour, is considered as a human behaviour to search for information in purposeful way to find the gap. Investigating the informationseeking behaviour of academic. Information seeking behaviour information seeking behaviour is the human behaviour with respect to searching various sources, channels including use of that information. Informationseeking behavior and internet use in uzbekistan. In the 1990s, the term information behavior came into wide use to replace information seeking.
Associations between malariarelated ideational factors and. This is followed by selecting the appropriate sources of information and finding the required information by using selected strategies 3, p168. Elliss model of information seeking behavior by david ellis 22. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation. The concepts defining information, information needs, information seeking and information use have undergone significant evolution since they were first introduced. Health seeking behaviour among suspected cases of cholera in. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of. Explaining health managers information seeking behaviour. Library use and informationseeking behaviour of academics.
Information seeking theories and models slideshare. Questionnaires were distributed to the students and data were collected over a period of 60 days between november and december 2017. A number of information seeking and retrieval studies seem to focus on these concepts, albeit in different ways. Adolescents, social support and helpseeking behaviour. He stated that information seeking is situation dependent activity where a seekers action are influenced by. Factors impacting information seeking behaviour of. The what works clearinghouse standards and their relevance to this guide. This exploratory study examines the information seeking and use behaviors of a group of us retired or nearretirement investors.
Information seeking behavior is expressed in various forms, from reading printed material to research and experimentation. However, it also suggests that health seeking behaviour is a somewhat overutilised and undertheorised tool. For health librarians to provide the best possible service to these users they need an up. His study, which sought to inform information retrieval design, centered on interviews with academic social scientists to ascertain their information seeking. Ecological model of human information behavior by kirsty williamson 20. The present paper discusses the information needs and information seeking behavior in the context of academicians, who are served by academic libraries. Ajiboye, university of botswana adeyinka tella, university of botswana abstract the major purpose of the study was to examine the information seeking behaviour of undergraduate. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal characteristics.
It is a vital source for human beings for living a prosperous life on the earth. Metasynthesis of research on information seeking behaviour. The purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors affecting the information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students registered at the university of south africa unisa as represented by its ethiopia regional learning centre, with particular emphasis on their use of electronic information resources. Pdf factors that influence information seeking behaviour. Information seeking behavior among undergraduates students. Information seeking behaviour information seeking is a basic activity indulged in by all people and manifested through a particular way of behavior. Information seeking behaviour is the human activities with respect to searching various sources, channels including use of that information. A conceptual framework article pdf available in south african journal of libraries and information science 723 january 2006 with 20,752 reads. Social networking sites have become essential part of an people communicate how.
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of. A survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior, he presents a comprehensive survey of information behavior studies over the last two decades. The purpose of this study is to investigate the information seeking behaviour of the undergraduate students at dhaka university, bangladesh. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation to. The ellis model of information seeking behavior and the peripheral scientific community. Article information, pdf download for the information seeking and use behaviors of retired. Information need and information seeking behaviour of. Ellis 1989 conducted one of the first empirical studies of users information seeking behavior and this contributed to the wide acceptance of his findings. Models of the information seeking process ch 3 search. Wilberley and jones 2000 asserted that, though undergraduate students in the humanities do turn more frequently to librarians, they do so with some reluctance. An understanding of health seeking behavior of students in the university community is important if a healthy community is to be maintained. Inadequate demand for health care is one of the major factors that might be responsible for the high case fatality.
Information behavior research has grown immensely from its scattered beginnings earlier in the twentieth century. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of post. The stock placed on social capital for information will likely affect uzbeks use of the internet as an information source. Information seeking behavior is a more specific concept of information behavior.
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