Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]

This study is attempted to determine the awareness and identify information sources consult by undergraduate's students in their process of seeking information during their learning process. Thus, understanding the basic information seeking behaviour will improve library collection and services...

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Main Authors: Azizan, Nurhafizah, Samsudin, Noor Faraliza, Osman, Suhaila, Baharin, Siti Hajar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Information Management 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14154/1/AJ_NURHAFIZAH%20AZIZAN%20TINTA%2015.pdf
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Samsudin, Noor Faraliza
Osman, Suhaila
Baharin, Siti Hajar
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description This study is attempted to determine the awareness and identify information sources consult by undergraduate's students in their process of seeking information during their learning process. Thus, understanding the basic information seeking behaviour will improve library collection and services and perhaps improving information literacy skill of undergraduate students in UiTM Johor. This quantitative study use questionnaire as instrumentation in collect data as randomly from 200 undergraduate students across four faculties and 150 filled in questionnaire were returned. Study shows that students visit library for the purpose of conducive place for reading/study and awareness towards library services highly rated to discussion room. They also seem highly rely on lecturer notes and textbook while article journal rank as third place for source of information. Therefore, through study finding it's hope that library can improve their planning and strategies in develop the collection and services to occupy and counter for the undergraduate's students information need.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:141542016-06-29T04:32:59Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14154/ Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.] Azizan, Nurhafizah Samsudin, Noor Faraliza Osman, Suhaila Baharin, Siti Hajar Malaysia Johor Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy This study is attempted to determine the awareness and identify information sources consult by undergraduate's students in their process of seeking information during their learning process. Thus, understanding the basic information seeking behaviour will improve library collection and services and perhaps improving information literacy skill of undergraduate students in UiTM Johor. This quantitative study use questionnaire as instrumentation in collect data as randomly from 200 undergraduate students across four faculties and 150 filled in questionnaire were returned. Study shows that students visit library for the purpose of conducive place for reading/study and awareness towards library services highly rated to discussion room. They also seem highly rely on lecturer notes and textbook while article journal rank as third place for source of information. Therefore, through study finding it's hope that library can improve their planning and strategies in develop the collection and services to occupy and counter for the undergraduate's students information need. Faculty of Information Management 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14154/1/AJ_NURHAFIZAH%20AZIZAN%20TINTA%2015.pdf Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]. (2015) TINTA <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/TINTA/>, 24 (1). pp. 60-76. ISSN 0127-5100
spellingShingle Malaysia
Johor
Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
Azizan, Nurhafizah
Samsudin, Noor Faraliza
Osman, Suhaila
Baharin, Siti Hajar
Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title_full Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title_fullStr Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title_short Sources in information seeking behavior at UiTM Johor / Nurhafizah Azizan … [et al.]
title_sort sources in information seeking behavior at uitm johor nurhafizah azizan et al
topic Malaysia
Johor
Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14154/1/AJ_NURHAFIZAH%20AZIZAN%20TINTA%2015.pdf
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