Information Seeking Behavior of University Students and their Knowledge about the Library Resources and Services

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This research has been undertaken to determine the university students’information seeking behavior and their knowledge about the library resources and services in Myanmar Higher Education Institutions. The study has tried to find out how the integration of the Internet has affected theinformation searching habit on students.Empirical data were collected on the information searching behavior of thestudents in Myanmar.Questionnaire method has been applied to collect primary data from the 200 fulltime students of which 113 have been returned which is the exact number ofquestionnaires tabulated for the study.After tabulating and analyzing the data the findings of the study indicated thatthe guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary tohelp students meet some of the information requirements. It is also found that librarybooks, e-journals and Internet are the most popular source of information for thecourse work as well as research and the place of Google in the student’s informationbehavior is prominent.This study has also tried to point towards that aspect of the library where it could educate its users by giving orientation so they can become an accurate searcher and make use of the right information at the right time.