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International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science Vol. 2(3), pp. 27–35, April, ISSN: 2360-7858 ©2014 Academic Research Journals
Full Length Research
Web searching behavior: A case study among the library users of Silchar Medical College
Nilratan Bhattacharjee
Project Fellow
UGC Major Research Project, Department of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India. E-mail: nilratan.4u@gmail.com
Accepted 8 April 2014
In the developing world time is a
crucial factor and availability of timely information is the
necessity for success of any programme. Web has been emerged as the
most powerful tool for the instant access of millions of information
resources. This paper highlighted the result of a survey of web
searching behaviour among the library users of Silchar medical
college. The present study attempts to examined web searching
behavior of library users, in terms of user's demographic
background, capability with web, purpose of use, searching skills,
search techniques, frequency of use, favorite search engine, level
of satisfaction, Impact on academic excellence etc. For the present
study the researchers adopted survey method and questionnaire as a
data collection tool. A questionnaire comprising of 13 questions
have been distributed among randomly selected 300 library users
which comprised of students only from various branches of Silchar
medical college. Out of the distributed 300 questionnaire a total of
260 filled in questionnaire have been received by the investigator.
The result of the study shows that majority of the user were using
this technology for updating their knowledge, preparing class note
and course related study.
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