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The information seeking of undergraduate students and use of electronic resources at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study is to understand the information seeking of undergraduate students and use of electronic resources at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (namely KTH RIT). Four research questions were developed to guide the study. Wilson’s 1996 model of information behaviour was adopted. The survey research design was adopted. A questionnaire was used to collect data, which was administered to a group of undergraduate students through a convenience sampling technique. A total of 122 undergraduate students were sampled from different departments in different years of study (first-to-third). Several statistical tools such as frequency, percentage and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient were used to analyse the data. The results obtained from the data analysis revealed that undergraduate students consider all types of information provided as important. Furthermore, books were identified as the most favoured information source that best supports undergraduate students information needs. Next are websites, databases, journals, YouTube and encyclopaedias in ascending order. The study found that what constitutes the information needs of undergraduate students were university study-related tasks, learning, personal roles and research in their order of importance. 

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Keywords [en]
Information needs, information seeking behaviour, information use, use of electronic resources, information sources, information behaviour
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Information Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-27887OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-27887DiVA, id: diva2:1658835
Available from: 2022-05-18 Created: 2022-05-18 Last updated: 2022-05-18Bibliographically approved

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