Information Seeking Behaviour of Faculty Members of Rajabhat Universities in Bangkok

• Main Authors: Neela J. Deshpande, Kingkaew Patitungkho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Webology Center 2005-12-01
• Series: Webology
• Subjects: Information seeking; Search engines; Information searching; Bangkok; Thailand
• Online Access: http://www.webology.org/2005/v2n4/a20.html
• ISSN: 1735-188X

This article reports the results of a study of the information seeking behaviour of faculty members of Rajabhat Universities in Bangkok, Thailand. Data were collected by using a questionnaire from seven faculties in Rajabhat Universities. Results show that most of respondents (forty one percent) stated their method of seeking information by consulting a knowledgeable person in the field. Two hundred and thirteen respondents (82 percent) seek information for preparing lectures. Fifty-four percent of faculty members access more documents was references from a book. It is revealed that most of the faculty members (57 percent) used textbooks. Seventy four percent of respondents read information materials in Thai and twenty four percent read materials in English. The Internet had been almost universally adopted; they trace materials from the library via the Internet. Google.com was used for searching information by respondents. They use frequently e-mail for communication. It is found that 42 percent of respondents use the ERIC (Education Resources Information Centre) database. The majority of respondents faced the common problem while seeking information i.e. unavailability of information.