2015Procedia - Social and Behavioral SciencesOpen access

Information Seeking Behaviour of the Adolescents with Reference to Sexual Information

Nur Fadhilah Binti Muhamed Fauzi, Razilan Abd Kadir

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Information seeking behavior of the adolescents with reference to sexual information will be identified in this paper. This paper also explores the preferred source of information used by the adolescents and their needs of the information on the sexual information. Differences among demographic characteristics regarding sources of information also analyzed with the type of information accessed, the need of information and the behavior of information seeking. Furthermore, this paper will contribute the findings for the information professionals especially library to understand more on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of their user.

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Information seeking behavior of the adolescents with reference to sexual information will be identified in this paper. This paper also explores the preferred source of information used by the adolescents and their needs of the information on the sexual information. Differences among demographic characteristics regarding sources of information also analyzed with the type of information accessed, the need of information and the behavior of information seeking. Furthermore, this paper will contribute the findings for the information professionals especially library to understand more on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of their user.

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Information seeking behavior of the adolescents with reference to sexual information will be identified in this paper. This paper also explores the preferred source of information used by the adolescents and their needs of the information on the sexual information. Differences among demographic characteristics regarding sources of information also analyzed with the type of information accessed, the need of information and the behavior of information seeking. Furthermore, this paper will contribute the findings for the information professionals especially library to understand more on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of their user.

Key concepts: Information seeking, Information needs, Information behavior, Information seeking behavior, Information source (mathematics), Information system, Psychology, Sexual behavior

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