Information-seeking behaviours in the digital environment among postgraduate students at Beni Suef University

Abstract

The Internet has brought about a revolution in the world that is no less important than the industrial revolution itself, especially the scientific community. It has changed many of the traditional concepts in the behaviour patterns of researchers in obtaining information, due to the huge amount of information and the high speed of information retrieval, which requires information facilities workers to shift their efforts from procedural technical aspects to concern with the services of beneficiaries, knowing their needs and satisfying their desires ([2]). Recently, researchers have increasingly relied on online resources to prepare their research and studies. Thus, their behaviour in dealing with and using information has changed, and their behaviour has shifted when searching for information and adopted the option of moving from the stage of information acquisition to the stage of access strategy, as the researcher today faces new challenges in the field of information; as he needs to directly interrogate the information presented in digital databases; thus, the need for the process of accessing information in an interactive, dynamic and conversational manner that enables him to collect information related to his research topic and overcome the obstacles that prevent this, and since graduate students are the most sought after group in society.