How Students Seek Information When Studying at Home? A Case Study in Pekalongan High Schools

The Covid-19 has hampered students’ activities to visit the library. Thus, it changes students’ behavior in accessing information once studying at home. This paper studied the information seeking behavior of high school students in Pekalongan during the pandemic. This study used descriptive quantita...

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Main Authors: Ummi Laila Salamah, Roro Isyawati Permata Ganggi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Library Science Program Studi Ilmu Perpustakaan UIN Alauddin 2022-05-01
Series:Khizanah al-Hikmah
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Online Access:https://journal.uin-alauddin.ac.id/index.php/khizanah-al-hikmah/article/view/27845
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description The Covid-19 has hampered students’ activities to visit the library. Thus, it changes students’ behavior in accessing information once studying at home. This paper studied the information seeking behavior of high school students in Pekalongan during the pandemic. This study used descriptive quantitative methods that collect research data using online questionnaires to research respondents. The research sample used the simple random sampling technique. The data was then analyzed by using descriptive statistical analysis of SPSS version 26th edition. The results showed that the information seeking behavior of high school students in Pekalongan during school from home occurs due to the Context of Information Needs (2, 88); Activating Mechanism (2.69) and risk/reward (3.07); Intervening variables in Psychological (3.08), Role-related or Interpersonal (3.37), Environmental (2.98), and Source Characteristics (2.68). Additionally,  indicating the level of information seeking, Passive Search (3.07), Active Search (2.79), Ongoing Search (3.04), and Information processing and use (2.74).
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spelling doaj.art-a39e2c677db44950a54abbabaa7ac5972022-12-22T03:01:38ZengDepartment of Library Science Program Studi Ilmu Perpustakaan UIN AlauddinKhizanah al-Hikmah2354-96292549-13342022-05-01101616810.24252/kah.v10i1a627845How Students Seek Information When Studying at Home? A Case Study in Pekalongan High SchoolsUmmi Laila Salamah0Roro Isyawati Permata Ganggi1Department of Library Science, Universitas DiponegoroDepartment of Library Science, Universitas DiponegoroThe Covid-19 has hampered students’ activities to visit the library. Thus, it changes students’ behavior in accessing information once studying at home. This paper studied the information seeking behavior of high school students in Pekalongan during the pandemic. This study used descriptive quantitative methods that collect research data using online questionnaires to research respondents. The research sample used the simple random sampling technique. The data was then analyzed by using descriptive statistical analysis of SPSS version 26th edition. The results showed that the information seeking behavior of high school students in Pekalongan during school from home occurs due to the Context of Information Needs (2, 88); Activating Mechanism (2.69) and risk/reward (3.07); Intervening variables in Psychological (3.08), Role-related or Interpersonal (3.37), Environmental (2.98), and Source Characteristics (2.68). Additionally,  indicating the level of information seeking, Passive Search (3.07), Active Search (2.79), Ongoing Search (3.04), and Information processing and use (2.74).https://journal.uin-alauddin.ac.id/index.php/khizanah-al-hikmah/article/view/27845information-seeking behavior
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title_short How Students Seek Information When Studying at Home? A Case Study in Pekalongan High Schools
title_sort how students seek information when studying at home a case study in pekalongan high schools
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