Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management (Aug 2016)

Information Seeking Behavior & Information Resources Management:Mental Process Selecting Subjects & Identifying Information Needs ) Case study: Graduate Students in Women seminaries of Shiraz of Academic year 1393- 1394(

  • Zohre Eftekhar,
  • Soraya Ziaei

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 4
pp. 981 – 1007

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The aim of this research is Information Resources Management: Mental Process Selecting Subjects &  Identifying Information Needs. The research method used in this study is a Quantitative method. Sampling is purposeful. This means that it includes graduate Students in Women seminaries of Shiraz who have information-seeking experience and are able to express their views and information needs. The sample was selected according to the random sampling method with Cochran formula from 710 students. According to this sampling method there is 241 Graduate Students included in 1392-1393 seminaries year of  Women seminaries of Shiraz. This is a survey research Which has been carried out by employing a questionnaire and SPSS for windows to analyze data. The results showed that students for selecting subjects,  identifying information needs used methods and media such as Prying Mind, reviewing of information resources, Consulting with subject specialists.

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