PAPER ID:IJIM/V.I(VII)/57-67/10

AUTHOR: Tahir Ahmed Batt

TITLE: INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF RESEARCH SCHOLARS OF UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR

ABSTRACT: The paper seeks to examine the information seeking behavior among the research scholars of Kashmir University. The present study was carried out by conducting a survey using questionnaire method. Information seeking behavior, the micro-level of behavior employed by the searcher in interacting with information systems of all kinds, be it between the seeker and the system, or the pure method of creating and following up on a search. Information seeking behavior is expressed in various forms from reading printed material to research and experimentation. Information seeking behavior is a complex activity, requiring access to diverse information resources to deal with work-related, personal and social information problems. Information-seeking behavior refers to strategies for locating information, and has three elements: people, information, and systems. The study of individual information-seeking behavior requires understanding of the psychological state of the user that may lead to insight into their expectations make it possible to predict information-seeking activity (Ocholla 1999).

Keywords: :Information, Information seeking behavior, Kashmir University, Survey

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