Questionnaire
An explorative study of information seeking behavior
of the BS (III, IV) students of University of Karachi.
This questionnaire is designed to find out the utmost need of the
students of University of Karachi and the purposive seeking behavior of
the patrons.
Q. 1 Demographic Information
(i) Name : __________________ (ii) Dept./Faculty/Discipline :______________
Optional
(iii) Study Program: ( ) BS ( ) Masters (iv) Year: ( ) I ( ) II ( ) III ( ) IV
(v) Gender : ( ) Male ( ) Female (vi) Age: ( ) 16-20 ( ) 21-25 ( ) 26-30 ( ) 31-35
Q.2 For what purpose do you need information?
( ) Self study ( ) Presentation ( ) Assignment
( ) Reports ( ) Others ______________
Q.3 In which format do you prefer to seek information? (rank in order)
( ) Electronic sources ________ ( ) Print sources _________ ( ) Both ________________
Q. 4 What source do you need in case of information need?
( ) General Books ( ) Textbooks ( ) Reference Books ( ) Journals/Periodicals
( ) Abstract /Indexes ( ) Databases ( ) Any other _______________
Q.5 What kind of information channels do you use frequently? (rank in order)
( ) Record center _____ ( ) Mass media _____ ( ) Internet _____ ( ) Library ______
( ) Colleagues _______ ( ) Social media _____ ( ) Teacher _____ ( ) Online consultancy _____
Q. 6 Which type of services do you use in library?
( ) Circulation Service ( ) Reference Service ( ) Photocopy Service
( ) Book Bank ( ) Reading room service ( ) Journals/Articles Service
( ) Internet Lab
Q.7 How do you collect information from library?
( ) Browsing shelf ( ) Ask for a librarian ( )Subject Bibliography ( ) Card catalog
Q.8 How do you find the existence of any source?
( ) Publisher trade List ( ) Bibliographies ( ) Internet
( ) Library Catalogue ( ) Library databases
Q. 9 How do you rate your searching skills to get electronically information.
( ) Low ( ) Medium ( ) High ( ) Very high ( ) None
Q. 10 Have you learnt any searching technique?
( ) Keyword searching ( ) Phrase searching ( ) Field searching ( ) Title searching
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Q.11 Have you attended any course/training/workshop for understanding to learn searching skills?
( ) Yes ( ) No
If yes, Describe ____________________________________________________________________
