... tool to solicit responses from the participants. Findings The study revealed that beggars in Accra lacked understanding of their information needs, although they were heavily dependent on information for their tasks and survival. Again, the findings of the study showed that beggars were faced...

... and store information to meet their needs. During the past 30 years or so, a considerable body of literature has been produced dealing with the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of both individuals and groups in a variety of contexts (Anwar et al., 2004). However, there have...