@article{ART002942102},
author={Eun Youp Rha},
title={An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal},
journal={Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science},
issn={1229-2435},
year={2023},
volume={34},
number={1},
pages={53-74},
doi={10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053}
TY - JOUR
AU - Eun Youp Rha
TI - An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal
JO - Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
PY - 2023
VL - 34
IS - 1
PB - Journal Of The Korean Biblia Society For Library And Information Science
SP - 53
EP - 74
SN - 1229-2435
AB - This study aims to explore information seeking behavior of natural scientists when they are writing a research proposal for applying to funding. It focuses on understanding their information needs and information seeking behavior, and factors influencing the behavior. Based on the conceptual framework of task-based information seeking, qualitative research methods including in-depth interviews and diary study are used. The results reveal that a variety of communicative subtasks take place in the process of research proposal writing. Also, the scientists tend to need information related funding opportunities and to research design, and access sources including human resources, documents, online databases and websites to meet their information needs. Finally, the study shows that the scientists’ information seeking behavior when writing a proposal is influenced by personal, task-related, and sociocultural factors. This study will be helpful to design effective information services and strategies to assist science scholars applying to research funding.
KW - Information Needs;Information Seeking Behavior;Task-based Information Seeking;Research Proposals;Natural Scientists;User Study
DO - 10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
ER -
Eun Youp Rha. (2023). An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, 34(1), 53-74.
Eun Youp Rha. 2023, "An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal", Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, vol.34, no.1 pp.53-74. Available from: doi:10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha "An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal" Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science 34.1 pp.53-74 (2023) : 53.
Eun Youp Rha. An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal. 2023; 34(1), 53-74. Available from: doi:10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha. "An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal" Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science 34, no.1 (2023) : 53-74.doi: 10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha. An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, 34(1), 53-74. doi: 10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha. An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science. 2023; 34(1) 53-74. doi: 10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha. An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal. 2023; 34(1), 53-74. Available from: doi:10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053
Eun Youp Rha. "An Exploratory Study of Natural Scientists’ Information Seeking Behavior When Writing a Research Proposal" Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science 34, no.1 (2023) : 53-74.doi: 10.14699/kbiblia.2023.34.1.053