Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library
Describes a study, which investigates the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC ) us~ behavior of foreign postgraduate students at the University of Malaya Library. This involves their ability to use OPAC, their knowledge about OPAC, and the reasons for the effective use of OPAC. The results indic...
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Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya
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| author | Ariyapala, P.G. Edzan, N.N. |
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| description | Describes a study, which investigates the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC )
us~ behavior of foreign postgraduate students at the University of Malaya Library.
This involves their ability to use OPAC, their knowledge about OPAC, and the
reasons for the effective use of OPAC. The results indicate that most of the students
from developing countries possess various levels ofOPAC use abilities. Most indicate
t~a~ there are no OPAC facilities in their home countries, and if available, it is
limited to university libraries. OPAC searches are mainly for title, subject,
author/title keyword, and author. Title searches are the most frequently used.
Students using the University of Malaya Library indicate that the OPAC is relatively
eas~ to use but students are moderately successful in locating items. Students self-
~ramed themselves when using the OPAC. Most did not receive any training or learnt
It from the Library and for those who attended the training programme, the majority
of them noted that it has been successful. Most of the students are generally unaware
of other facilities that are available in the OPAC. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-143102021-12-29T06:58:00Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/14310/ Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library Ariyapala, P.G. Edzan, N.N. T Technology (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Describes a study, which investigates the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC ) us~ behavior of foreign postgraduate students at the University of Malaya Library. This involves their ability to use OPAC, their knowledge about OPAC, and the reasons for the effective use of OPAC. The results indicate that most of the students from developing countries possess various levels ofOPAC use abilities. Most indicate t~a~ there are no OPAC facilities in their home countries, and if available, it is limited to university libraries. OPAC searches are mainly for title, subject, author/title keyword, and author. Title searches are the most frequently used. Students using the University of Malaya Library indicate that the OPAC is relatively eas~ to use but students are moderately successful in locating items. Students self- ~ramed themselves when using the OPAC. Most did not receive any training or learnt It from the Library and for those who attended the training programme, the majority of them noted that it has been successful. Most of the students are generally unaware of other facilities that are available in the OPAC. Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya 2002-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/14310/1/Foreighn_postgraduate_students.pdf Ariyapala, P.G. and Edzan, N.N. (2002) Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 7 (1). pp. 57-67. ISSN 1394-6234, https://jati.um.edu.my/index.php/MJLIS/article/view/6796 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Ariyapala, P.G. Edzan, N.N. Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library |
| title | Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library |
| title_short | Foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the University of Malaya library |
| title_sort | foreign postgraduate students and the online catalogue at the university of malaya library |
| topic | T Technology (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources |
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