期刊名称：International Journal of Educational Research and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0976-4089
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：33-42
出版社：Society of Education
摘要：According to Davidson and Lingam (1997), the understanding of information needs and information-seeking behavior of various professional groups is essential as it helps in the planning, implementation and operation of information system and services in the given work settings. With this broad theme in mind, this study was conducted with a sampling population of 50 post graduate students of School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University with a specific purpose to trace out their informationneeds and information seeking behavior. A structured questionnaire was used as a data gathering tool. The findings of the study revealed that: 26% of the respondents use the internet of web pages and 24% of the respondents use the on line e-resources to get information; 22% of the respondents are using the internet daily in the library; 40% of the respondents use Google, 22% of the respondents use Yahoo and Alta vista and 16% of the respondents use other search engines; 24% of the respondents use OPAC (library catalogue) and 38% of the respondents use the book reviews to trace the relevant documents available; 40% of the respondents make use of keyword search, 22% of the respondents use 'Title search', 28% of the respondents use "author search" and 10% of the respondents make use of 'subject search' as their mechanisms; 30% of the respondents each feel 'lack of time due to abundant literature' and 'Inadequate resources /library online resources" are the main reasons for getting the required information belated; 48 % of the respondents make use of the internet facility at University library; 8 students are very fluent in using the e-resources available in the library and 21 of them ( 42 %) are good in using such resources
关键词：Information ;needs; information behavior; information seeking; ;search engines; internet; place of access; ;e;-;resources; source of reference
