TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper seeks to report the results of research conducted to model the information‐seeking behaviour of graduate students at Kuwait University and the factors influencing that behaviour.Design/methodology/approach– The research employed a number of different approaches: a questionnaire survey to 800 graduate students studying at Kuwait University; a questionnaire survey to 180 academics at the university; semi‐structured interviews with eight academics; face‐to‐face and online interviews with 11 university library staff, four focus groups with 24 students and three focus groups with ten faculty staff.Findings– Significant factors influencing students' information‐seeking behaviour were found to be related to library awareness, information literacy, organisational and environmental issues, source characteristics, and demographics (specifically gender and nationality).Research limitations/implications– The research focused on graduate students at a Kuwait University which is affiliated to the government sector, however, the information seeking model is more widely applicable, particularly to other developing countries.Originality/value– Proposed is an information‐seeking model that extended two other relevant and influential models of information‐seeking behaviour. The extended model shows promise for its intended utility in identifying factors that influence the information behaviour of graduate students.
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/00220411211239057
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220411211239057
AU  - Al‐Muomen Nujoud
AU  - Morris Anne
AU  - Maynard Sally
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Modelling information‐seeking behaviour of graduate students at Kuwait University
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 430
EP  - 459
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -