... library was suggested. In this model, help-seeking is considered as a supportive and complementary behaviour for information-seeking behaviour which begins in help-seeking situations and continues to solve problems in these situations. Mohammad Zerehsaz can be contacted at: mzerehsaz@gmail.com...

...) found that the subjects chose a language that represents their information needs most accurately depending on the types of information task rather than their first language. Similarly, Hong (2011) researched information-seeking behaviour of bilingual users (namely, native Chinese speakers whose second...

...Iraj Radad; Hassan Behzadi; Somayeh Zadehrahim Purpose The present research aims to compare information-seeking behaviour of ordinary and elite saffron farmers in Iran. Design/methodology/approach The study sample consisted of 375 saffron farmers (295 ordinary and 80 elite saffron farmers...

... 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only User studies Academic libraries User satisfaction Library science Information seeking behaviours Because many library materials are now provided online, students have...

...-consuming information activities – regarded as a weak state for the users (Palmer et al., 2007); the existing ISP models that characterize the information-seeking behaviour in traditional fact-retrieval processes (Fu and Pirolli, 2007) need to be further developed. In terms of knowledge states...