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Luo, Jiebei – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Patrons' information consumption behaviors of print materials are influenced by their content and tangible characteristics. This quantitative study incorporates several content-based factors widely adopted in collection management practices as well as two physical dimension-related factors, including book size and number of pages, and applies a…
Descriptors: Users (Information), Behavior Patterns, Printed Materials, Library Materials
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Borman, Lorraine; Mittman, Benjamin – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1972
The question of how a scholar can be induced to take advantage of computer technology and capabilities in his search for information is the subject of this paper. Students accept on-line bibliographic searching more readily than research workers. (6 references (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Computers, Information Seeking, Information Utilization
Farid, Mona; And Others – 1984
This research project investigated the information seeking behavior of Syracuse University doctoral students in six disciplines--economics, English, geology, history, philosophy, and physics. Questionnaires distributed to 112 students elicited data from 69 respondents (61.6%) on their educational environment, search strategies, selection of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Patterns, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Students
Krikelas, James – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
This paper examines the elements of user studies and presents them as unified concepts within a model of information-seeking behavior. Definitions of information-seeking behavior, information needs, information gathering, information giving, and source preference are discussed. Thirty-two references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Dissemination, Information Needs