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Vol. 9, Issue 2, Part E (2023)

Information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students: An exploratory study

Information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students: An exploratory study

Author(s)
Dr. Rubul Kalita
Abstract
Information seeking is an intentional search for information in order to fulfil certain goals. Information seeking behaviour is a human endeavour, which bridges the gap between need for knowledge and fulfil the objectives. In an information seeking activity, a person engage in identifying, locating and searching for such information and using or transferring the information. This study intends to explore the information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students and also to find out the differences in information seeking behaviour across gender and course of study pursued by the participants. The sample of this consisted of 200 postgraduate students pursuing Master Degree in Humanities, Science, and Professional courses from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. A self-made data gathering instrument namely, “Information Seeking Behaviour Scale” was used for data collection. Further, data were analysed using Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and ‘t’- test. Results of the study revealed blended nature of information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students. They rely on various sources of information and degree of obtaining information from different sources also varies. No significant difference found to exist between the students of Humanities vs. Science and Humanities vs. Professional course. But, students of professional course exhibit more information seeking behaviour than the science students. Results of the study recommended implications for the stakeholders.
Pages: 292-299  |  219 Views  50 Downloads
How to cite this article:
Dr. Rubul Kalita. Information seeking behaviour of postgraduate students: An exploratory study. Int J Appl Res 2023;9(2):292-299.
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