Library Progress (International)

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue: 1

Information Seeking Behavior of Undergraduate College Students of Tribal District Kargil: A Study

  • Author:
  • Amir Amanullah1, RM. Seethai2, Sadik Batcha Majeed3
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Published Online: Jan 1, 2019
  • Page Number: 154 to 162

1Research Scholar, Dept of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India. E-mail: aman.lis.drass@gmail.com

2Assistant Professor, Research Supervisor and Mentor, Dept of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India. E-mail: ramanathanseethai@gmail.com

3Associate Professor, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India. E-mail: msbau@rediffmail.com

*Corresponding Author: Amir Amanullah, Research Scholar, Dept of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India E-mail: aman.lis.drass@gmail.com

Abstract

The paper presents the attitude of the undergraduate tribal students of the colleges of Kargil district towards the information sources and library services. The study aims at knowing the information needs, information sources used and information search methods and the usage pattern of the sources. Findings show that the tribal students (Library Users) mostly visit the library for reading and the most used information sources are the books. It's found that open access through the library racks are effective for retrieving the desired information source.

Keywords

Information, Information need, Seeking behavior, Electronic sources, Tribal students Kargil, Access