scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Models of Web-based Information Seeking Behavior

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-233 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals Influence of Task Type and User Group on Web-based Information Seeking Behavior:

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-276
Author(s):  
Masao Takaku ◽  
Yuka Egusa ◽  
Hitoshi Terai ◽  
Hitomi Saito ◽  
Makiko Miwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Task Type ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
User Group ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Seeking Behavior

scholarly journals Information-Seeking Behavior of International Graduate Students vs. American Graduate Students: A User Study at Virginia Tech 2005

2007 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liao ◽  
Mary Finn ◽  
Jun Lu
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
User Study ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
International Graduate Students ◽  
International Graduate ◽  
Seeking Behavior

This is a comparative study on information needs and information-seeking behavior of international graduate students and American graduate students. This user study is based on empirical data collected from an online survey conducted between April 7 and May 28, 2005, at Virginia Tech. The goal of this comparative study is to investigate how graduate students from diverse ethnic groups discover, select, and use various information sources and to obtain insights into international graduate students’ information-seeking behavior, especially its similarities and differences compared with the information-locating patterns used by their American peers.

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.

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