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Information Seeking Behaviour of Academic Community of Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut (UP)


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1 Government Post Graduate College, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 S.V. University, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Library and Information Science, India
     

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Study of data collected from 150 teachers and students by administering questionnaires on their information seeking and requirements of Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut indicates that guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help teachers and students to meet their information requirements. Found that journals, textbooks and electronic information sources are the most popular sources of information for the students' course work. Recommends that latest edition of textbooks and reference materials should add to the library collection. Suggests that the CD-ROM databases of journal archives and reference books should be added and users should be guided to use the resources of the library.

Keywords

Information Seeking Behaviour, Information Retrieval, Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut, Academic Community.
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  • Information Seeking Behaviour of Academic Community of Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut (UP)

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Authors

Devendra Kumar
Government Post Graduate College, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sonu Kumar
S.V. University, Uttar Pradesh, India
Neeraj Pal Singh Chauhan
Library and Information Science, India

Abstract


Study of data collected from 150 teachers and students by administering questionnaires on their information seeking and requirements of Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut indicates that guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help teachers and students to meet their information requirements. Found that journals, textbooks and electronic information sources are the most popular sources of information for the students' course work. Recommends that latest edition of textbooks and reference materials should add to the library collection. Suggests that the CD-ROM databases of journal archives and reference books should be added and users should be guided to use the resources of the library.

Keywords


Information Seeking Behaviour, Information Retrieval, Mahaveer Educational Park, Meerut, Academic Community.

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