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http://dx.doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2017.5.1.2

Patterns of Information Seeking Behaviour of Law Students in Digital Environment: A Study  

Das, Rajesh Kumar (Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka)
Jadab, Anwesha (Library and Information Services Asian University for Women)
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.5, no.1, 2017 , pp. 15-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays the enormous growth of modern information communication technologies and its massive use have influenced information users all over the world. Such a digital environment has drastically changed the information seeking patterns of information users of every community. These also tend law students to use various legal information sources and services in digital environments while seeking information. But there have been few empirical user studies on the aspect of digital information seeking behaviours of law students in either law or library and information science literatures. This paper aims to draw out patterns of information seeking behavior of students of law in digital environments at the University of Dhaka. A stratified random sample survey was conducted for this study. The results show that students prefer the electronic format of information rather than printed format. Major e-resources used by them and the influential factors of use were also identified in this study. This study also identified some crucial problems for seeking information and provides suggestions for the development of electronic legal information systems.
Keywords
Information Seeking Behaviour; Digital Environment; Law Students; Bangladesh;
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