Information Seeking Behaviour
INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DENTAL COLLEGES OF INDORE
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Library and Information Science
Guide Submitted by DR. Anil Jain Neeta Sharma
School of Library and Information Science
Faculty of Information Technology Vikram University Ujjain
DECLARATION
I declare that “The Information seeking Behaviour of faculty members of dental colleges of Indore” is my own work and that all the sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledge by means of complete references”.
Signed : ………………………….
Date : …………………………
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedication to the people who contributed positively to my life and inspired my educational goals and career during difficult times.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My first and foremost thanks and praise goes to my Parents for the strength, wisdom, guidance, help and for such a great blessing. And to my Husband Mr. Nitesh Sharma, for support and giving me the opportunity to further my studies and moreover for believing in me.
My sincere and deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Anil Jain, my supervisor for his invaluable help and ideas.
I would also like to extend a word of thanks to the lecturers at Dental Colleges in Indore who responded to the survey.
SUMMARY
This mini-thesis offers up to date information on issues relating to the information seeking behaviour of the dental faculty in Indore. The thesis argues that dental libraries with particular reference to Indore need to undertake research to determine needs, preferences and user patterns of dental lecturers. It studied faculty members of the dental colleges of Indore. Survey was to determine the information seeking behaviour of the faculty members of the dental colleges of Indore.
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Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Library and Information Science
Guide Submitted by DR. Anil Jain Neeta Sharma
School of Library and Information Science
Faculty of Information Technology Vikram University Ujjain
DECLARATION
I declare that “The Information seeking Behaviour of faculty members of dental colleges of Indore” is my own work and that all the sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledge by means of complete references”.
Signed : ………………………….
Date : …………………………
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedication to the people who contributed positively to my life and inspired my educational goals and career during difficult times.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My first and foremost thanks and praise goes to my Parents for the strength, wisdom, guidance, help and for such a great blessing. And to my Husband Mr. Nitesh Sharma, for support and giving me the opportunity to further my studies and moreover for believing in me.
My sincere and deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Anil Jain, my supervisor for his invaluable help and ideas.
I would also like to extend a word of thanks to the lecturers at Dental Colleges in Indore who responded to the survey.
SUMMARY
This mini-thesis offers up to date information on issues relating to the information seeking behaviour of the dental faculty in Indore. The thesis argues that dental libraries with particular reference to Indore need to undertake research to determine needs, preferences and user patterns of dental lecturers. It studied faculty members of the dental colleges of Indore. Survey was to determine the information seeking behaviour of the faculty members of the dental colleges of Indore.
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Bibliography: Guha (1994) made a study under the title “Information Seeking and Communication Behaviour of Indian Scientists”. In the study sample of 148 respondents was chosen from six researchers and research teaching institutions in Delhi. Garg (2000) made the study under the little “Information Seeking Patterns of Users of Engineering Institutions of Rajasthan”. Kawatra (1992) identifies the difficulties as 1 User Study (Kawatra, 1992, p.2) A user study is defined as “systematic study of information requirements of users in order to facilitate meaning exchanges between information systems and users.” (Pao, 1989, p.42) categorizes the three groups for user studies 1 “Circumstances under which something is lacking before requiring some course of action.” (Line, 1974, p.87) WANT: What a person would like to have.