Title :
Electronic resources at the University of Dubai: Information seeking behavior
Author :
El-Maamiry, Ali Amour
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
The study investigated use of electronic resource by students of College of Business Administration and College of Information Technology. That is, it examined possible factors and problems in their searching habits, information seeking, use and retrieval in satisfying their needs. Therefore, the study focused on information seeking behaviour of students and barriers to utilizing online resources to execute academic tasks.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational institutions; information retrieval; University of Dubai; academic tasks; college of business administration; college of information technology; electronic resources; information seeking behavior; online resources; searching habits; students; Decision support systems; digital library; electronic resources; information retrieval; information seeking behaviour;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M), 2014 The 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
DOI :
10.1109/ICT4M.2014.7020593
