Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage

Every year there are several online databases are subscribed by the library of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) which allows around 15,625 undergraduate (UG) students to access and utilize the resources. Reported from IIUM library, up to the year 2015, 10 out of 53 online databases h...

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Main Authors:	Zulkifli, Zahidah, Mat Surin, Ely Salwana, Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali, Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Institut Informatik Visual (IVI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	LB1044 Internet in Education LB2300 Higher Education T10.5 Communication of technical information T61 Technical education. Technical schools
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/1/68134_Information%20Searching%20Behavior.pdf

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spelling	iium-681342018-12-07T05:50:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/ Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage Zulkifli, Zahidah Mat Surin, Ely Salwana Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah LB1044 Internet in Education LB2300 Higher Education T10.5 Communication of technical information T61 Technical education. Technical schools Every year there are several online databases are subscribed by the library of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) which allows around 15,625 undergraduate (UG) students to access and utilize the resources. Reported from IIUM library, up to the year 2015, 10 out of 53 online databases have been terminated from the subscription due to the decreasing and underutilized usage of online databases. This paper investigates the information seeking behavior (ISB) among those IIUM UG student who have access those subscribed resources and aims to discovers the relationship between elements of ISB among IIUM UG student and the impact of online database utilization. Data is collected through questionnaire which is constructed from the variables identified in this research objectives. 118 respondents from UG students have participated in the survey. The findings of this study will identify the gap between the ISB of IIUM UG students and subscribed online databases. It will help the librarian to encourage IIUM UG students to use online databases more in the future. Keywords: Information Seeking Behavior, Information Behavior, Online Database, Model Development. Institut Informatik Visual (IVI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-11-13 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/1/68134_Information%20Searching%20Behavior.pdf Zulkifli, Zahidah and Mat Surin, Ely Salwana and Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali and Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah (2018) Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage. In: 4th Visual Informatics International Seminar (VIIS 2018), 13th-15th Oct. 2018, Bangi, Selangor. https://www.viis18.com/
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topic	LB1044 Internet in Education LB2300 Higher Education T10.5 Communication of technical information T61 Technical education. Technical schools
spellingShingle	LB1044 Internet in Education LB2300 Higher Education T10.5 Communication of technical information T61 Technical education. Technical schools Zulkifli, Zahidah Mat Surin, Ely Salwana Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
description	Every year there are several online databases are subscribed by the library of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) which allows around 15,625 undergraduate (UG) students to access and utilize the resources. Reported from IIUM library, up to the year 2015, 10 out of 53 online databases have been terminated from the subscription due to the decreasing and underutilized usage of online databases. This paper investigates the information seeking behavior (ISB) among those IIUM UG student who have access those subscribed resources and aims to discovers the relationship between elements of ISB among IIUM UG student and the impact of online database utilization. Data is collected through questionnaire which is constructed from the variables identified in this research objectives. 118 respondents from UG students have participated in the survey. The findings of this study will identify the gap between the ISB of IIUM UG students and subscribed online databases. It will help the librarian to encourage IIUM UG students to use online databases more in the future. Keywords: Information Seeking Behavior, Information Behavior, Online Database, Model Development.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Zulkifli, Zahidah Mat Surin, Ely Salwana Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah
author_facet	Zulkifli, Zahidah Mat Surin, Ely Salwana Salahuddin, Ashraf Ali Mohammad Daud, Nur Hidayah
author_sort	Zulkifli, Zahidah
title	Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
title_short	Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
title_full	Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
title_fullStr	Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
title_full_unstemmed	Information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards Online database usage
title_sort	information searching behavior among undergraduate student towards online database usage
publisher	Institut Informatik Visual (IVI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68134/1/68134_Information%20Searching%20Behavior.pdf
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