Information Seeking Behaviour of Business Management University Students in India: A Comparative Study
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Keywords: Information, Information Seeking Behaviour, Business Management, Universities, IndiaAbstract
The study was undertaken to explore the information seeking behaviour of business management students of three Indian Universities (Punjabi University, Panjab University and Guru Nanak Dev University). The study ascertained, the search strategies of the students to seek information, behavioural factors which motivate them to visit libraries, influence of ICT on academic activities, use of e-resources and problems encountered while using e-resources. To conduct the study proportionate sampling technique was used to extract the sample size of 348 students and structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and frequencies, percentages, Kruskil Wallis test and Chi-square test were used for drawing results. Findings of the study revealed that business management students of the three select universities frequently seek information through title of the document. Students mentioned that ICT has a great influence on academic activities. It was found that students of Panjab University are using more electronic resources as compared to other two universities students. The results derived from the present study will help the libraries in providing library services according to the particular needs of the business management students.
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