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    College Students' Credibility Judgments in the Information-Seeking Process

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    Part of the Volume on Digital Media, Youth, and CredibilityThis chapter presents an in-depth exploration of how college students identify credible information in everyday information-seeking tasks. The authors find that credibility assessment is an over-time process rather than a discrete evaluative event. Moreover, the context in which credibility assessment occurs is crucial to understand because it affects both the level of effort as well as the strategies that people use to evaluate credibility. College students indicate that although credibility was an important consideration during information seeking, they often compromised information credibility for speed and convenience, especially when the information sought was less consequential

    Sometimes the Internet reads the question wrong: children’s search strategies & difficulties

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    When children search for information on a given topic, how do they go about searching for and retrieving information? What can their information seeking strategies tell us about the development of search interfaces for children's digital libraries, search engines and information repositories? We interviewed New Zealand (NZ) school children to seek insights into how they are conducting information searches during their education

    Information Need And Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Agricultural Extension Workers In Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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    One of the important factors that contribute to agricultural development is information. As such, agricultural extension workers who link agricultural agencies to the farmers must have adequate and up-to-date information about agriculture practices before they could inform, educate and train the farmers on the methods and techniques of farming. Previous studies have shown that agricultural extension workers seldom use the internet, read books, or even go to the library and university, and research institution to obtain relevant information pertaining to their work. Therefore, there is a need to determine information seeking strategies used by these agricultural extension workers in obtaining work information relevant to their professions.This study aimed to determine the types of information needed by agricultural extension workers, the sources of information used by them to obtain information and the information seeking strategies used by the agricultural extension workers. It is also tried to identify the information seeking strategy according to selected demographic variables, and to determine the factors influencing information seeking strategies used by agricultural extension workers. This study used survey design, and it was conducted in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The total population of the study was 338 agricultural extension workers; cluster sampling method was used to select 181 respondents as its sample. The dependent variables involved in the study include information seeking strategies (which were further categorized as passive, active and interactive strategy), while the independent variables are selected demographic variables, types of information needs and types of information sources. A structured-questionnaire was employed as the instrument for gathering data. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 16) and Pearson Chi Square Test was used to determine the factors influencing information seeking strategies of agricultural extension workers. In general, the finding showed that agricultural extension workers needed various information related extension service, innovation and extension role. Most of the agricultural extension workers need innovation information. Besides that, most agricultural extension workers used interpersonal source in seeking information. These agricultural extension workers also used various types of strategies; there are active, passive and interactive strategies to seek the required information. Regardless of the types of information, most agricultural extension workers were found to have used active strategy by seeking agricultural information inside and outside the agency. In addition, they also utilized interactive and passive strategy for all types of information which was sought by means of direct enquiring method and seek the information inside the agency. Factors influencing information seeking strategy used by agricultural extension workers indicated that types of information need influenced the information seeking strategy used by agricultural extension workers. Print media; electronic media and scientific meeting source influenced the information seeking strategy used by agricultural extension workers for extension service information. Whereas for information related to innovation, electronic media and scientific meeting influenced information seeking strategy. For extension role information, interpersonal, print media, electronic media and scientific meeting influenced information seeking strategy. Therefore, it was suggested that further study be conducted to cover a wider geographical area such as other provinces in Indonesia with different geographical characteristics, farming system, custom and traditions. By covering wider area, a better picture of information seeking strategies used by agricultural extension workers could be obtained

    Health Information Seeking Behaviour during the Pandemic: Exploring the experiences of Chinese International Students

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    Many Chinese students choose Australia to study abroad. Studying abroad is a great opportunity, but it can also bring challenges for international students. In particular, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese international students in Australian universities have new challenges in managing health information and misinformation across different platforms. There is currently a lack of research on Chinese international students’ health information-seeking strategies. A deeper understanding of Chinese international students’ social, cultural, and welfare support through online health information-seeking behaviour can be important. This can help support providers, educational institutions and governments to formulate better public health strategies for supporting international students. It will also help students better understand effective health information-seeking strategies. This study first synthesized relevant articles on information-seeking behaviour by international students. Then it identifies the gaps in studying Chinese international students’ health information-seeking behaviour. Finally, recommendations are made to bridge the identified gaps

    Children’s information retrieval: beyond examining search strategies and interfaces

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    The study of children’s information retrieval is still for the greater part untouched territory. Meanwhile, children can become lost in the digital information world, because they are confronted with search interfaces, both designed by and for adults. Most current research on children’s information retrieval focuses on examining children’s search performance on existing search interfaces to determine what kind of interfaces are suitable for children’s search behaviour. However, to discover the true nature of children’s search behaviour, we state that research has to go beyond examining search strategies used with existing search interfaces by examining children’s cognitive processes during information-seeking. A paradigm of children’s information retrieval should provide an overview of all the components beyond search interfaces and search strategies that are part of children’s information retrieval process. Better understanding of the nature of children’s search behaviour can help adults design interfaces and information retrieval systems that both support children’s natural search strategies and help them find their way in the digital information world

    Information seeking retrieval, reading and storing behaviour of library users

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    In the interest of digital libraries, it is advisable that designers be aware of the potential behaviour of the users of such a system. There are two distinct parts under investigation, the interaction between traditional libraries involving the seeking and retrieval of relevant material, and the reading and storage behaviours ensuing. Through this analysis, the findings could be incorporated into digital library facilities. There has been copious amounts of research on information seeking leading to the development of behavioural models to describe the process. Often research on the information seeking practices of individuals is based on the task and field of study. The information seeking model, presented by Ellis et al. (1993), characterises the format of this study where it is used to compare various research on the information seeking practices of groups of people (from academics to professionals). It is found that, although researchers do make use of library facilities, they tend to rely heavily on their own collections and primarily use the library as a source for previously identified information, browsing and interloan. It was found that there are significant differences in user behaviour between the groups analysed. When looking at the reading and storage of material it was hard to draw conclusions, due to the lack of substantial research and information on the topic. However, through the use of reading strategies, a general idea on how readers behave can be developed. Designers of digital libraries can benefit from the guidelines presented here to better understand their audience

    The Information-seeking Strategies of Humanities Scholars Using Resources in Languages Other Than English

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    ABSTRACT THE INFORMATION-SEEKING STRATEGIES OF HUMANITIES SCHOLARS USING RESOURCES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH by Carol Sabbar The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016 Under the Supervision of Dr. Iris Xie This dissertation explores the information-seeking strategies used by scholars in the humanities who rely on resources in languages other than English. It investigates not only the strategies they choose but also the shifts that they make among strategies and the role that language, culture, and geography play in the information-seeking context. The study used purposive sampling to engage 40 human subjects, all of whom are post-doctoral humanities scholars based in the United States who conduct research in a variety of languages. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and research diaries in order to answer three research questions: What information-seeking strategies are used by scholars conducting research in languages other than English? What shifts do scholars make among strategies in routine, disruptive, and/or problematic situations? And In what ways do language, culture, and geography play a role in the information-seeking context, especially in the problematic situations? The data were then analyzed using grounded theory and the constant comparative method. A new conceptual model – the information triangle – was used and is presented in this dissertation to categorize and visually map the strategies and shifts. Based on data collected, thirty distinct strategies were identified and divided into four categories: formal system, informal resource, interactive human, and hybrid strategies. Three types of shifts were considered: planned, opportunistic, and alternative. Finally, factors related to language, culture, and geography were identified and analyzed according to their roles in the information-seeking context. This study is the first of its kind to combine the study of information-seeking behaviors with the factors of language, culture, and geography, and as such, it presents numerous methodological and practical implications along with many opportunities for future research

    Information Seeking and Students Studying for Professional Careers: the Cases of Enginerering and Law Students in Ireland

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    This paper reports the results of two empirical studies which explored the information seeking behaviour of engineering and law students in Ireland. Findings reveal similar patterns in the information seeking behaviour between students studying to become professionals and information seeking patterns of these groups identified in the Leckie et al. model. Students learned their information seeking strategies, including effective and less effective approaches, from educators. Mis-perceptions of the role and value of libraries and information professionals in their studies were common, and as a result, students often adopted information seeking strategies that excluded libraries and library staff. The two studies suggest that engineering and law students in Ireland could benefit from greater information literacy training and awareness, enabling them to acquire the information skills they need to function effectively and efficiently in their future professional work lives

    How people find videos

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    At present very little is known about how people locate and view videos 'in the wild'. This study draws a rich picture of everyday video seeking strategies and video information needs, based on an ethnographic study of New Zealand university students. These insights into the participants' activities and motivations suggest potentially useful facilities for a video digital library
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