Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage

Zulkifli, Zahidah and Mat Surin, Ely Salwana and Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali and Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah (2018) Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage. In: 4th Visual Informatics International Seminar (VIIS 2018), 13th-15th Oct. 2018, Bangi, Selangor.

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Abstract

Every year there are several online databases are subscribed by the library of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) which allows around 15,625 undergraduate (UG) students to access and utilize the resources. Reported from IIUM library, up to the year 2015, 10 out of 53 online databases have been terminated from the subscription due to the decreasing and underutilized usage of online databases. This paper investigates the information seeking behavior (ISB) among those IIUM UG student who have access those subscribed resources and aims to discovers the relationship between elements of ISB among IIUM UG student and the impact of online database utilization. Data is collected through questionnaire which is constructed from the variables identified in this research objectives. 118 respondents from UG students have participated in the survey. The findings of this study will identify the gap between the ISB of IIUM UG students and subscribed online databases. It will help the librarian to encourage IIUM UG students to use online databases more in the future. Keywords: Information Seeking Behavior, Information Behavior, Online Database, Model Development.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6948/68134
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Information Seeking Behavior, Information Behavior, Online Database, Model Development.
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1044 Internet in Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education T Technology > T Technology (General) > T10.5 Communication of technical information T Technology > T Technology (General) > T61 Technical education. Technical schools
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Dr Zahidah Zulkifli
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2018 13:49
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2018 13:50
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/68134

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