Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim

This study attempts to determine the information seeking behaviour and use of information needs by undergraduate students at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Johor. The overall purpose of the study was to identify the problems that undergraduate students encounter, identify their inf...

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Main Author:	Tasmin, Rosmaini
Format:	Article
Published:	Faculty of Information Management 2013
Subjects:	Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8779/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8779/

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spelling	uitm-87792019-10-16T02:51:17Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8779/ Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim Tasmin, Rosmaini Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy This study attempts to determine the information seeking behaviour and use of information needs by undergraduate students at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Johor. The overall purpose of the study was to identify the problems that undergraduate students encounter, identify their information needs and determine their awareness of library services available to them. The study collected empirical data on the information requirements of graduate students. Data were randomly selected from 357 undergraduate students across six faculties and 200 filled in questionnaires were returned, giving an overall response rate of 56 per cent. Findings indicate that guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help students meet some of their information requirements. The study found that library books, lecturer notes, lecturer handouts and textbooks are the most popular sources of information. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) were the most frequently used IT based sources and facilities. Email was the most popular among the Interned based services and applications. On the whole, respondents perceived UTHM library collections, services and facilities as adequate to meet their information seeking behavior and information needs effectively. Faculty of Information Management 2013 Article PeerReviewed Tasmin, Rosmaini (2013) Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM), 3 (1). pp. 75-90. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337 https://ijikm.uitm.edu.my/
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spellingShingle	Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy Tasmin, Rosmaini Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
description	This study attempts to determine the information seeking behaviour and use of information needs by undergraduate students at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Johor. The overall purpose of the study was to identify the problems that undergraduate students encounter, identify their information needs and determine their awareness of library services available to them. The study collected empirical data on the information requirements of graduate students. Data were randomly selected from 357 undergraduate students across six faculties and 200 filled in questionnaires were returned, giving an overall response rate of 56 per cent. Findings indicate that guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help students meet some of their information requirements. The study found that library books, lecturer notes, lecturer handouts and textbooks are the most popular sources of information. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) were the most frequently used IT based sources and facilities. Email was the most popular among the Interned based services and applications. On the whole, respondents perceived UTHM library collections, services and facilities as adequate to meet their information seeking behavior and information needs effectively.
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title	Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
title_short	Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
title_full	Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
title_fullStr	Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
title_full_unstemmed	Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim
title_sort	information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in universiti tun hussein onn malaysia / muhamad saufi che rusuli, raja abdullah raja yaacob, rosmaini tasmin and norazlin hashim
publisher	Faculty of Information Management
publishDate	2013
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Information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia / Muhamad Saufi Che Rusuli, Raja Abdullah Raja Yaacob, Rosmaini Tasmin and Norazlin Hashim

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