INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF DENTISTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FACULTY MEMBERS AND POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF DR. ZIAUDDIN AHMAD DENTAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

Abstract

This study sought to examine and compare the Information seeking behaviour of faculty members and post graduate students of Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The survey was conducted with the help of the structured questionnaire to collect the required data from the respondents. The findings of the study revealed that both the faculty members and post graduate students seek information through internet, mainly for updating their knowledge and prefer print version of the document. They are the daily user of online services whereas visit the library just as and when they needed. It has also been revealed that faculty members and P.G. students mostly consult indexing/abstracting journal to access their required document and are able to update themselves with the advance in their field at some extent. They are not fully satisfied with their library in terms of sources as well as staff behaviour, may be due to this reason they have mentioned unavailability of material as their major problem while seeking information and considered information seeking as a time consuming process.

Keywords: Information Seeking Behaviour, Information Sources, Online Services, Faculty Members, Postgraduate Students, Dentists