Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin

Students are increasingly expected to use electronic resources while at University. This study was undertaken to discover the information needs and the information-seeking behaviour of students utilizing the electronic resources at the Library of UiTM, Section 17, Shah Alam. It was to determine the...

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Main Author:	Kamarudin, Junaida
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2001
Subjects:	Malaysia Electronic information resources
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31/1/TM_JUNAIDA%20KAMARUDIN%20IM%2001_5%201.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.312022-04-04T03:52:07Z Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin 2001 Kamarudin, Junaida Malaysia Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy Electronic information resources Students are increasingly expected to use electronic resources while at University. This study was undertaken to discover the information needs and the information-seeking behaviour of students utilizing the electronic resources at the Library of UiTM, Section 17, Shah Alam. It was to determine the level of use of this type of resource, how students feel about various issues surrounding electronic resources and whether their knowledge and skills helps them in the utilisation of the electronic services provided by the library. A questionnaire survey was used for this study. Data were gathered from 180 students from various programmes who came to register at the Information Service Department where these electronic resources are placed. The data resulting from this survey revealed that within the survey population several significant relationships existed between major, gender, semester, year of respondents and the search strategies they employed as well as the ways they approached the electronic resources to search for information and the library that provides the service. Some of the findings were consistent with earlier studies; others reflected unanticipated trends in the information-seeking behaviour of the students. The findings also indicate that guidance in the use of electronic resources is necessary to help students meet some of their information requirements. Based on these findings, it was recommended that a more aggressive user education programmes should be developed and to propose an Information Literacy Course to be offer to students. This study updates the literature of the subject and may help the library of UiTM Section 17 to improve the electronic services to the students. 2001 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31/1/TM_JUNAIDA%20KAMARUDIN%20IM%2001_5%201.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Information Management
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language	English
topic	Malaysia Malaysia Electronic information resources
spellingShingle	Malaysia Malaysia Electronic information resources Kamarudin, Junaida Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
description	Students are increasingly expected to use electronic resources while at University. This study was undertaken to discover the information needs and the information-seeking behaviour of students utilizing the electronic resources at the Library of UiTM, Section 17, Shah Alam. It was to determine the level of use of this type of resource, how students feel about various issues surrounding electronic resources and whether their knowledge and skills helps them in the utilisation of the electronic services provided by the library. A questionnaire survey was used for this study. Data were gathered from 180 students from various programmes who came to register at the Information Service Department where these electronic resources are placed. The data resulting from this survey revealed that within the survey population several significant relationships existed between major, gender, semester, year of respondents and the search strategies they employed as well as the ways they approached the electronic resources to search for information and the library that provides the service. Some of the findings were consistent with earlier studies; others reflected unanticipated trends in the information-seeking behaviour of the students. The findings also indicate that guidance in the use of electronic resources is necessary to help students meet some of their information requirements. Based on these findings, it was recommended that a more aggressive user education programmes should be developed and to propose an Information Literacy Course to be offer to students. This study updates the literature of the subject and may help the library of UiTM Section 17 to improve the electronic services to the students.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Kamarudin, Junaida
author_facet	Kamarudin, Junaida
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title	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
title_short	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
title_full	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
title_fullStr	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
title_full_unstemmed	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin
title_sort	information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the library of uitm section 17, shah alam / junaida kamarudin
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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Information needs and information seeking behaviour of students utilizing electronic resources at the Library of UiTM Section 17, Shah Alam / Junaida Kamarudin

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