Title :
Use, purpose and usage ranking of online information resources by university research students
Author :
Tariq, Muhammad ; Mahmood, Khalid ; Hameed-ur-Rehman
Author_Institution :
COMSATS Inst. of Inf. Technol., Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract :
Online Information Resources (OIR) are getting popularity amongst academicians, particularly research students. This study is an attempt to investigate the use and purview of online information resources by postgraduate students of public and private sector universities of Lahore - Pakistan. Through questionnaires, data was collected from 570 research students with the response rate of 463 (81.22%). Data revealed that post-graduate research students prefer to use social networking sites with good frequency and PhD students prefer to use journal and magazines, to fulfill their information and knowledge needs. Due to its usage, “social networking sites” were ranked at # 1 by university research students. The data also revealed that “Research Information Needs” is the most preferred purpose to use OIRs by university research students.
Keywords :
digital libraries; educational institutions; further education; information needs; information resources; social networking (online); Lahore; OIR; Pakistan; PhD students; online information resources; post-graduate research students; private sector universities; public sector universities; research information needs; social networking sites; university research students; Educational institutions; Electronic publishing; Internet; Libraries; Social network services; HEC digital library; Online Information Resources; Purpose to use OIRs; Use of OIR;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS), 2015 4th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Noida
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7999-8
DOI :
10.1109/ETTLIS.2015.7048208
