The study provides a snapshot of current trends in terms of the use of social media as information sources. Information need and information seeking behaviour of. 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. The paper presents the various attitudes and behaviour in seeking information from engineering college libraries by users. According to this model, a person must first have a basic idea of what they want the goal to be achieved. Towards a conceptual model meratian esfahani, leila department of computing and information systems the university of melbourne melbourne, australia email. Context may be a factor of cognition or awareness, sociocultural as well as economic factors. In the original study, researchers grouped important information seeking behaviors in 3 categories, reflecting the purpose of the activity. The study adopts a twophased, mixedmethod design to collect data on practicing chemists information seeking behaviors, attitudes, and. 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. This study explores the information seeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. Health seeking behaviour is part of a wider concept, health behaviour. This study depicts a nonacademic setting and by extension the african context.
Informationseeking behavior an overview sciencedirect. The study investigated use of electronic resources by. Elicitation as micro level information seeking by meimei wu 21. How informationseeking behavior has changed in 22 years. Donald case estimates there are more than 10,000 publications in these and other disciplines related to the basic human quest for knowledge. The information seeking and use behaviors of retired investors lisa. Studies in informationseeking behaviour stem from concerns surrounding how people use information in their work environments. 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. Factors impacting information seeking behaviour of. Hence, the study is to gain a clearer picture of how graduate students seek information. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation to. In an important study examining the obstacles to seeking help koydemir, erel, yumurtac.
Oct 09, 2012 ellis model of information seeking behaviour 1. 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. This chapter presents the hbm and describes the different components of the model section 2. The information needs and information seeking behaviour of community library users in msunduzi branch libraries, pietermaritzburg.
Analysis shows that students,teachers and scholars have been shown more affection to formal collection in libraries. Healthseeking behaviour and student perception of health. 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. 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. The terms, information seeking behaviour, information searching behaviour and information using behaviour are synonymous terms. Reducing behavior problems in the elementary school classroom. Elliss model of information seeking behavior by david ellis 22. 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. Article information, pdf download for the information seeking and use behaviors of retired. Abstract the information seeking behaviour, is considered as a human behaviour to search for information in purposeful way to find the gap. His study, which sought to inform information retrieval design, centered on interviews with academic social scientists to ascertain their information seeking. Here is a questionnaire measuring helpseeking behaviour it was designed for.
Questionnaires were distributed to the students and data were collected over a period of 60 days between november and december 2017. Information needs, sources and information seeking. Information seeking behavior differs among user groups. Information seeking behaviour international research. The chapter examines the influence on sensemaking dervin, information search process kuhlthau, and information use. This study presents original research designed to explore selected aspects of the information seeking behavior of practicing academic chemists. Informationseeking behaviour of undergraduate students. The nature of information seeking behavior in information exchange process has been discussed by willson as under. A case of university of dubai ali amour elmaamiry tha.
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. Wilberley and jones 2000 asserted that, though undergraduate students in the humanities do turn more frequently to librarians, they do so with some reluctance. Associations between malariarelated ideational factors and. 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. Factors impacting information seeking behaviour of international students. South african journal of libraries and information science. Although it remains a valid tool for rapid appraisal of a. Article information, pdf download for informationseeking behaviour of. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of geography teachers for an. The domain analytic approach to scholars information practices by sanna talja 19. Information seeking behaviour of librarians in internet. Information needs and information seeking behaviors of social. Explaining health managers information seeking behaviour. 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.
Information science to get information on these models on information seeking behaviour. An understanding of health seeking behavior of students in the university community is important if a healthy community is to be maintained. Information seeking behaviour information seeking behaviour is the human behaviour with respect to searching various sources, channels including use of that information. An investigation of informationseeking behaviour of. Library resources, services and information seeking unl digital. Academic libraries, where learning resources are acquired, processed and made accessible to the. Undergraduates use of social media as information sources. Information seeking behaviour of faculties and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university, aizawl. Information seeking behavior is a more specific concept of information behavior. This is followed by selecting the appropriate sources of information and finding the required information by using selected strategies 3, p168. A rapid assessment of health seeking behaviour in relation to sexually transmitted disease. 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. Investigating the informationseeking behaviour of academic. One hundred and sixty five researchers were given questionnaires of.
Information seeking behaviour is the human activities with respect to searching various sources, channels including use of that information. Information is all around and is utilized in all walks of life right from purchasing a pin to writing a research article by the. Abstract background in 2007, lambert and loiselle conducted an extensive concept analysis of the term health information seeking behaviour. However, it also suggests that health seeking behaviour is a somewhat overutilised and undertheorised tool. The what works clearinghouse standards and their relevance to this guide. A number of information seeking and retrieval studies seem to focus on these concepts, albeit in different ways. 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. A conceptual framework article pdf available in south african journal of libraries and information science 723 january 2006 with 20,752 reads. However, studies to understand the patients perspectives on the illness and their healthseeking behavior have been few in the country. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the thessaloniki. Information behavior research has grown immensely from its scattered beginnings earlier in the twentieth century. 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. 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. The model was developed through a careful analysis and interpretation of empirical studies on the.
The present paper discusses the information needs and information seeking behavior in the context of academicians, who are served by academic libraries. Information seeking behavior among undergraduates students engaged in twitter. Information seeking theories and models slideshare. Boyd1 stressed that information seeking is a fluid and critically. Metasynthesis of research on information seeking behaviour.
Information seeking behaviour information seeking is a basic activity indulged in by all people and manifested through a particular way of behavior. Seeking information from the internet often starts from a search engine, using either its organized directory structure or its text query facility. 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. Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in. 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.
The literature on information seeking behavior has been, and remains, a hot topic. Ecological model of human information behavior by kirsty williamson 20. Library use and informationseeking behaviour of academics. A survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior, he presents a comprehensive survey of information behavior studies over the last two decades. Health seeking behaviour among suspected cases of cholera in. Uzbekistan is an ideal location to research the influence of. It specifically focuses on searching, finding, and retrieving information. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal characteristics. Factors and challenges affecting the informationseeking.
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. Dec 23, 20 tuberculosis remains the major debilitating public health problem in ethiopia. This study explores the informationseeking behavior of undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in undergraduate, postgraduate teaching staff and research scholars. Metasynthesis methods may help to make more sense of information behaviour research evidence. The old guard objected that the phrase is a non sequitur information does not. Factors influencing psychological help seeking in adults. As well as the information seeking from electronic resources with internet has. There is a need for a study on students information seeking behaviour to understand how. Informationseeking behavior and internet use in uzbekistan. Inadequate demand for health care is one of the major factors that might be responsible for the high case fatality. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of information studies in the. Models of information behaviour however appear to be fewer than those devoted to information seeking behaviour or information searching. Information seeking is the process of searching and finding information, and of producing new knowledge.
Is there a questionnaire for assessing health seeking behaviour. Information needs, sources and information seeking behaviour. In this paper these techniques are described and illustrated using examples from an ongoing study of the information seeking behavior of lower socioeconomic. Metasynthesis of research on information seeking behaviour christine urquhart aberystwyth university, department of information studies, aberystwyth sy23 3as, uk abstract introduction. Explaining health managers information seeking behaviour and use. Information seeking behaviour is expressed in various forms, from reading printed materials, to ask friends or colleagues. 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. 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. We now have a much deeper and less simplistic understanding of how people interact with information. Pdf factors that influence information seeking behaviour.
Introduction the term information seeking behaviour under. Information seeking behaviour, information seeking behaviour models, wilsons model, krikelas model, dervins theory of sense making 1983, ellis model and kuhlthau model. As our research questions and foci in information seeking unc sils. It is a vital source for human beings for living a prosperous life on the earth. For health librarians to provide the best possible service to these users they need an up. 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.
The user evaluates multiple products or information sources to make a decision. The information needs and informationseeking behaviour of. For example, one participant compared the prices and features of several pieces of specialized scientific. Information seeking behavior is expressed in various forms, from reading printed material to research and experimentation. In the 1990s, the term information behavior came into wide use to replace information seeking. The concepts defining information, information needs, information seeking and information use have undergone significant evolution since they were first introduced. Factors that influence information seeking behavior may include the discipline, the demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal characteristics. The stock placed on social capital for information will likely affect uzbeks use of the internet as an information source. This study is also to determine if there exist any correlation between information needs and information seeking of these graduates. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of.
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. Social networking sites have become essential part of an people communicate how. Adolescents, social support and helpseeking behaviour. The help seeking process was conceptualised using a framework developed during the research program. He stated that information seeking is situation dependent activity where a seekers action are influenced by. However, there are conflicting views regarding the information needs and information seeking behaviour of users of information services. 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. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation. Factors affecting the informationseeking behaviour of. The types of mental health problems examined varied across the studies and included depressive symptoms, personalemotional problems, and suicidal thoughts. Faculties and research scholars always need information to perform their duty and responsibility i. Information needs and information seeking behaviour. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior.
University of groningen healthseeking behaviour among adults. Ellis 1989 conducted one of the first empirical studies of users information seeking behavior and this contributed to the wide acceptance of his findings. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age. Identify the specifics of the problem behavior and the. Joinson and banyard 2002 made two studies on information seeking behaviour on the internet. Information seeking behaviours of users in information age elis. Young peoples helpseeking for mental health problems. Chinnasamy head, department of library and information science, school of information technology, madurai kamaraj university, madurai 21 abstract. 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.
This study was undertaken to discover the informationseeking behaviour of academics and their use of the library at lincoln university of new zealand. A survey was taken among information seeking behaviour of womens. Models of the information seeking process ch 3 search. This exploratory study examines the information seeking and use behaviors of a group of us retired or nearretirement investors. 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 field of information seeking behaviour in information science can broadly be defined as that which is concerned with determining users information needs, searching behaviour. Information seeking behaviour is usually affected by some factors as pointed out by boyol 2006. Informationseeking behavior differs among user groups.
Information seeking behavior among undergraduates students. Discipline did not seem to demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal char affect informationseeking behavior acteristics. Information needs and information seeking behaviors of. Information need and information seeking behaviour of engineering college students in madurai a case study dr. The purpose of this study is to investigate the information seeking behaviour of the undergraduate students at dhaka university, bangladesh. 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. Figure 1 is a variation on the model of 1996, developed by wilson. A case of university of dubai by ali amour elmaamiry niversity of dubai u. 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. Influencing factors the factors that influence the human seeking behavior include. The ellis model of information seeking behavior and the. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. This chapter explores the relationship between the ellis model of information seeking behavior and the scientific community of venezuela.
The ellis model of information seeking behavior and the peripheral scientific community. 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. We understand information behavior better within social contexts and as integrated with cultural practices and values. It is widely understood that concepts form the basis for describing and explaining phenomena and processes in a field. Which factors influence the information seeking behaviour of graduate students in the university of thessaloniki. Tibbo 2002 in her investigation of the information seeking behaviour of. Marchionini describes information seeking behaviour as information seeking is a special case of problem solving. With the advent of ehealth and etechnologies, very few.
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