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Analysing engineering students' information retrieval behaviour using online databases as information sources

Jurnal Kajian Informasi dan Perpustakaan

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Title Analysing engineering students' information retrieval behaviour using online databases as information sources
 
Creator Navitas, Prananda
Febrianti, Yusnita
 
Subject Information-seeking behaviour; Interactivity; Information source; Online database websites
 
Description Students at the tertiary education level need the information to complete their assignments at the university. Information retrieval behavior among university students is interesting to study because it shows the ability of search techniques and the diversity of information needed. The researcher has extensively researched information-seeking behavior at this level of education. However, more needs to be explicitly performed on the information retrieval process conducted by engineering students. The purpose of the present study was to reveal engineering students' information retrieval behavior process when using information sources from online database websites through analysis the types of online database websites the students used as primary information sources, why the students used these websites, and identified the challenges in information seeking using online database websites. For this study, data were collected using an internet-based questionnaire distributed among students at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, ITS. The study results indicated that engineering students used search engines as the primary information source due to their richness and flexibility. In this case, we have found additional results regarding the patterns of presentation and the interactivity necessary to optimize the function of online database websites. Also, the study has found the challenges faced by students in retrieving information and how they overcome the situation by using different keywords.
 
Publisher Universitas Padjadjaran
 
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Date 2022-12-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jurnal.unpad.ac.id/jkip/article/view/35264
10.24198/jkip.v10i2.35264
 
Source Jurnal Kajian Informasi & Perpustakaan; Vol 10, No 2 (2022); 141-156
Jurnal Kajian Informasi dan Perpustakaan; Vol 10, No 2 (2022); 141-156
2540-9239
2303-2677
10.24198/jkip.v10i2
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jurnal.unpad.ac.id/jkip/article/view/35264/19068
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2022 Author(s)
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