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Title: | Information Seeking Behaviour of Faculty: The Case of the College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana |
Authors: | Ahenkorah-Marfo, M. Teye, V. Senya, Y. |
Keywords: | Information seeking behaviour sources of information College of Science faculty |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Journal of Science and Technology |
Citation: | Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2011), pp 89 |
Abstract: | The article sought to find the information seeking behaviour of faculty members of the College
of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. The survey
method was employed. Questionnaire instrument was used to collect data on method of selecting
information, type of information sought, purpose for seeking information, types of tools
used and problems involved in seeking information. Seventy out of 110 responded. A little over
half of the respondents sought information through reviewing articles; close to the same proportion
consulted the Internet; about four out of five of the respondents sought information for doing
research work; and over three out of five sought information for preparing lecture notes.
Majority of the respondents consulted textbooks for information while half consulted periodicals;
and almost all the respondents used Google search engine to access information on the
Internet. Sciencedirect and Ebscohost were the most used online journals. The commonest problems
faced by respondents were unavailability of information, abstract instead of full-text documents
and very old textbooks in the library. Involvement of faculty members in the selection of
textbooks and purchase of full-text documents by the library on behalf of faculty members
among others were recommended to address these problems. |
Description: | Article published in the Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2011), pp 89 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4859 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of Science and Technology 2000-
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