Web Search Behaviour of Engineering Students in BGS Institute of Technology at Adichunchanagiri University (ACU) of Karnataka, India
Author(s): Dr. K.N. Shivakumaraswmay & Dr. B.K. Narendra
Abstract - This main objective of the study is to find the Web Search Behaviour of Engineering Students in BGS Institute of Technology at Adichunchanagiri University (ACU) of Karnataka, India. The study was conducted through structured questionnaire administered to 300 users of BGSIT and 285 was collected with a response rate of 95%. Essential statistical techniques (SPSS) and methods are used to examine the research data. The findings shows the engineering college students of BGSIT (BGS Institute of Technology) using different web search tools is presented in table 7.4. There is outstanding differences (P<.000) the tool of ‘Google’, 164(57.5%) of the users biggest choice is ‘always’ with a highest mean worth of 4.38 and SD is .955. The users with consider to the purposes of ‘Job-hunting’, maximum respondents the biggest choice is ‘strongly agree’ with a highest mean worth of 4.14 and SD is 1.18. There is outstanding differences (P<0.000) the web search skills of ‘Simple search’, 166(58.2%) of the respondents say ‘always’ with the highest mean worth of 4.30 and SD is 1.06, for Web search skills used by the respondents in BGSIT at ACU.
Keywords - Web, Search Behaviour, e-Resources, Undergraduate students, Adi Chunachangiri University (ACU), Karnataka, India.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.3.2022.1576
Cite This Article As: Shivakumaraswmay, K.N. & Narendra, B.K. (2022) Web Search Behaviour of Engineering Students in BGS Institute of Technology at Adichunchanagiri University (ACU) of Karnataka, India. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(3) 177-190. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1576 Page: 177-190 Publication Date: 26 September 2022