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…
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Today's research climate is characterized primarily by information-seeking via the Internet, particularly during the early stages of research due to the ease and speed of access to results compared to library databases and print sources. In addition, the wide variety and extensi…
Although dominant effects of tasks on individuals' information-seeking behavior is accepted by many scholars, a limited number of studies has been conducted to reveal the nature of the relationship between tasks and information-seeking behavior. In their studies, some earlier re…