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Information needs and seeking behavior of social science scholars at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman: A mixed-method approach .

机译：阿曼苏丹卡布斯大学社会科学学者的信息需求和寻求行为：一种混合方法。

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This study investigates information needs and information-seeking behaviors of social science scholars at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman, as an example of a developing country in the Middle East. Its ultimate objective was to produce a model that is applicable to social science scholars in developing countries in general and Oman in particular. The study addresses the questions of (a) how social science scholars at this university locate and use relevant information, particularly electronic resources and other emerging technologies for their specific research and teaching needs; and (b) whether these patterns vary in relation to gender, age, academic rank, academic department or college, or preferred search language. Formal and informal sources of information and electronic resources utilized by social science scholars, as well as barriers to information seeking, are discussed. Additionally, barriers affecting scholars' information-seeking behavior are identified.; The study is conducted within a conceptual framework based on a synthesis of existing models of information-seeking behavior of Wilson (1996), Ellis (1989), and Kuhlthau (1991), along with additional elements representing the information environment, specifically the location and format of information resources. The model describes a pattern of social scientists' information-seeking behavior that includes eight generic stages: Initiation, Exploration, Monitoring, Categorization Sifting, Selecting Resources, Collecting, and Ending. The data collected through mixed-method approach consisting of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative method consisted of a structured survey questionnaire sent to all social science scholars based at the university during the 2006-2007 academic year, and the qualitative approach consisted of 21 e-mail interviews, 16 face-to-face interviews, and four focus groups with social science scholars selected purposively.; Similar to social scientists elsewhere, participants make increasing use of electronic resources but retain a preference for print materials and informal sources of information. The research process used by participants was generally similar to those of social scientists elsewhere. Findings also showed that social science scholars at SQU in Oman face three main types of barriers to information seeking which may be different than those faced by their counterparts in Western countries: (a) limited availability of resources, especially full text resources; (b) poor Internet connection speeds or Internet availability; and (c) a lack of sufficient Arabic language sources. In addition, information needs and information-seeking practices are found to vary with age, academic rank, and academic department or college.; Finally, the applicability of the model developed in this study was successfully tested and it was found that the information seeking practices of social science scholars could be readily matched to the stages of the model, suggesting that, in general terms, information-seeking behavior follows universally applicable stages and patterns and that a model developed on the basis of research in one region of the world can be transferred of use to other regions.
机译：这项研究调查了阿曼苏丹国苏丹卡布斯大学社会科学学者的信息需求和寻求信息的行为，以中东发展中国家为例。它的最终目标是产生一个适用于一般发展中国家尤其是阿曼社会科学学者的模型。该研究解决了以下问题：（a）该大学的社会科学学者如何找到并使用相关信息，尤其是电子资源和其他新兴技术，以满足其特定的研究和教学需求； （b）这些模式是否因性别，年龄，学历，学术部门或大学或偏好的搜索语言而有所不同。讨论了社会科学学者使用的正式和非正式信息资源和电子资源，以及寻求信息的障碍。此外，确定了影响学者信息寻求行为的障碍。这项研究是在概念框架的基础上进行的，该框架基于Wilson（1996），Ellis（1989）和Kuhlthau（1991）的现有信息寻求行为模型的综合，以及代表信息环境的其他要素，特别是位置和位置。信息资源的格式。该模型描述了社会科学家的信息寻求行为模式，包括八个通用阶段：启动，探索，监控，分类筛选，资源选择，收集和结束。通过混合方法收集的数据包括定量和定性方法。定量方法包括在2006-2007学年期间向所有大学的社会科学学者发送结构化调查问卷，而定性方法包括21个电子邮件访谈，16个面对面访谈和四个重点访谈。与社会科学学者有目的地选择的团体。与其他地方的社会科学家类似，参与者越来越多地使用电子资源，但仍偏爱印刷材料和非正式信息资源。参与者使用的研究过程通常与其他地方的社会科学家相似。研究结果还表明，阿曼SQU的社会科学学者面临着三种主要的信息寻求障碍，这些障碍可能与西方国家的信息障碍不同：（a）资源尤其是全文资源的可用性有限； （b）互联网连接速度或互联网可用性较差； （c）缺乏足够的阿拉伯语来源。此外，发现信息需求和信息寻求实践随年龄，学术级别和学术部门或学院而变化。最后，成功测试了本研究开发的模型的适用性，发现社会科学学者的信息寻求实践可以很容易地与模型的各个阶段匹配，这表明，总体而言，信息寻求行为遵循普遍适用的阶段和模式，并且可以将在世界一个地区的研究基础上开发的模型转移到其他地区使用。

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