Information Searching

Dada a importância da expertise no uso de informações no presente século, o tema Competência em Informação tem ganhado espaço nas discussões de profissionais da informação e especialistas interessados em entender a relação informação e sociedade. Foram muitas as mudanças alavancadas pelas tecnologias de informação e comunicação, dentre elas destacamos a relação informação, aprendizagem e trabalho. Tendo como plano de fundo esse cenário a presente pesquisa teve o objetivo de, a partir da literatura científica, analisar os trabalhos sobre Competência em Informação a fim de mapear as abordagens sobre o tema, especialmente quando praticada em locais de trabalho. Para tanto, realizamos um levantamento dos estudos sobre Competência em Informação de trabalhadores – exceto profissionais da informação -- publicados entre 2005 e 2012 e indexados em bases nacionais e internacionais. A partir da leitura dos textos teóricos, foi possível levantar as seguintes variáveis para análise dos relatos de experiência: tipologia do relato; abordagens de Competência em Informação mais utilizados; perfis dos profissionais estudados; habilidades focadas e o tipo de ambiente onde foi realizado o estudo. A análise dos relatos de experiência permitiu verificar que grande parte das pesquisas abordam apenas diagnósticos de Competência em Informação. Outro ponto a ser ressaltado é que tanto a literatura nacional como a estrangeira carecem de reflexões que levem a uma prática crítica da Competência em Informação em ambientes laborais, pois ela ainda tem sido tratada como uma habilidade construída individualmente.

Introduction: Emotions in the process of information retrieval have a remarkable impact and importance as every human activity and behavior is under the influence of emotions. It is an issue that has received little attention in the field of information retrieval. Therefore, the present study aims to describe the role and application of emotions and emotion theories in information retrieval. Emotions influence our information attitudes and relevance judgments, which in turn influence the decisions we make about information resources.
Methodology: The current research has been done by the library method. The necessary data were gathered through the printed and electronic information resources available in libraries and on the Internet, in English and Persian databases.
Findings: Emotions are an integral part of all human activities, including information retrieval activities, containing information behaviors (information seeking, information foraging, search strategies, and information use), and human interaction with the computer. Emotions play a significant role in retrieving a variety of text, audio, and video sources. Positive emotions facilitate successful behavior, and negative emotions impede the proper function of a person.
Conclusion: Understanding the emotions in different stages of information retrieval and utilizing theories of emotions to understand the causes of emotions and factors affecting emotions would be an important step in controlling emotions and increasing the positive emotions in the process of information retrieval. It will also help designers of information systems and librarians to provide more desirable and user-friendly services.

This study investigates the perceived level and sources of learning Online Information Searching (OIS) skills of the students of business studies. The study also explores the differences in the students' searching skill level of information resources, based on their selected personal and academic variables including gender, age, type of university, level of degree and major academic subjects. A cross-sectional survey research method was used to collect data on a self-reporting questionnaire. Business students of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels from 24 public and private sector universities of Lahore, Pakistan were selected through convenient sampling technique. Total population of this study was 114,500. With the margin error of 5% and confidence level of 97%, the sample of this study was 470 students. The study found a satisfactory level of students' searching skills. There was no significant difference in the skills based on various variables like gender, age, type of university and level of degree. However, short courses and training workshops had a positive impact on the level of skills. There is a lack of research on the topic and this paper will fill the gap in existing literature. This study will be helpful for Library Information Service (LIS) academicians, librarians, professional associations and LIS trainers to design and implement training programs for university students in the area of OIS. This study will also be helpful for Higher Education Commission (HEC) national digital library for selection of appropriate databases for business students.

This study assesses the information search behaviour of medical students when searching for a medical type task. Previous research provide information on the general search traits of medical students. This study shows how medical students search for medical information online for specific medical tasks. It examines the demographic variables that influence medical students search behaviour when searching across varying levels of task difficulty. Detailed aspects of a search session are analysed to examine this effect. Search sessions are broadly classified into: (a) querying details, (b) search results interaction details and (c) querying versus clicking behaviour and task completion time. An interactive information retrieval experiment type methodology (IIR) is used to study the interactive searching behaviour. A total of sixty (60) medical students participated in this study. Personal task and simulated situations were used to invoke the information search process. Results indicate that medical students issued long queries, were active in locating results and were slow and unproductive when searching on a difficult task. Demographic variables did not influence the search behaviour of medical students when searching across varying levels of task difficulty. Results of this study provide an understanding of the information search behaviour of medical students when searching for medical information online across varying levels of task difficulty. It also shows that demographic variables did not influence search behaviour when searching across varying level of task difficulty.

This is the executive summary and an infografic if the study search.find.evaluate.com. The study was carried out by the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Fachhochschule Oberösterreich) and commissioned by the National Network of Youth Information Centres in Austria (Bundesnetzwerk Österreichische Jugendinfos, short BÖJI), with the kind support of the Federal Chancellery, division Families and Youth (Bundeskanzleramt Sektion Familien und Jugend). The aim was to gain insight into the research behaviour of Austrian adolescents. To this end, 19 young people (aged 12-16) from four federal states were asked to carry out research tasks on a laptop or mobile phone. The search processes were documented and analysed. Subsequently, the young people were interviewed about their approach by means of a qualitative guided interview. The full report in German can be downloaded online: http://www.jugendinfo.at/projekte/studie/

Dies ist der vollständige Ergebnisbericht der Studie „suchen.finden.bewerten.com“. Die Studie wurde von der Fachhochschule Oberösterreich im Auftrag des Bundesnetzwerks Österreichische Jugendinfos (BÖJI) mit freundlicher Unterstützung des Bundeskanzleramts Sektion Familien und Jugend durchgeführt. Das Ziel bestand darin, Einblicke in das  Rechercheverhalten österreichischer Jugendlicher zu bekommen. Dazu wurden 19 Jugendliche (12-16 Jahre) aus vier Bundesländern gebeten, Rechercheaufgaben auf einem Laptop oder Handy durchzuführen. Die Rechercheverläufe wurden aufgezeichnet und analysiert. Im Anschluss wurden die Jugendlichen mittels eines qualitativen Leitfadeninterviews zu ihrer Vorgehensweise befragt. Eine deutsche und  englische Executive Summery inkl, Infografik finden sich unter: http://www.jugendinfo.at/projekte/studie/

Problem/theoretical outline During a pandemic situation, searching and retrieving relevant and accurate health information is a crucial factor. Nowadays with the technological development, people have so many different ways to access information in many formats. However, the Internet was identified as the source that used more commonly to search for health information (Fox & Duggan, 2013). The evolution of the Internet provided social media platforms that are very popular among the general public in the creation and sharing information with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Some researchers have identified that people are using social media in disaster communication Sri Lanka is a small island situated in the Indian Ocean with roughly 22 million population. To prevent the disease spreading, the Sri Lankan government announced an island-wide lockdown. As a result of that, Sri Lankans have to rely on online and digital media for searching information related to COVID-19. Hence, the purpose of this study is to examine the social media usage of Sri Lankans during the COVID-19 pandemic situation to retrieve information related to Coronavirus. Design Primary data for this study was obtained through an online questionnaire prepared using Google forms. Five-point Likert scale was used in the questionnaire (Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never). The questionnaire link was distributed among Sri Lankans using Facebook,

As digital libraries become a major source of information for many people, we need to know more about how people seek and retrieve information in digital environments. Quite commonly, users with a problem-at-hand and associated question-in-mind repeatedly search a literature ...

INTRODUCTION : The study was conducted at Pramukhswami Medical College in Karamsad (Gujarat, India) from November-August 2007 to assess the Computer and Internet usage amongst health care professionals. OBJECTIVE: To identify the knowledge of Computer and ...

Dans ce travail, nous presentons une etude de cas concernant l'utilisation des moteurs de recherche par des etudiants en sciences de l'education quand ils travaillent en laboratoire d'informatique. Des usages concernant les moteurs de recherche realises durant la recherche d'information pour la resolution de trois problemes informationnels ont ete analyses. Les differences entre la formulation des requetes dans les trois tâches ont ete egalement etudiees. L'analyse des reponses des etudiants montre que la deuxieme et la troisieme tâches ont ete mieux abordees. L'analyse des donnees montre que l'intervention didactique concernant le developpement des competences informationnelles a eu une influence positive sur l'usage des moteurs de recherche.