Abstract
This paper will discuss the influence of personality traits and approaches to studying on students' information-seeking behavior, with a specific focus on their use of information technology. The results were obtained in a study of 305 university students who completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory measuring personality, the ASSIST test measuring approaches to studying and a questionnaire regarding information seeking behavior. Three information-seeking patterns emerged from the analyses; Fast surfers, Broad scanners and Deep divers. These patterns could be related to different personality traits and study approaches. The influence of personality and study approaches on information-seeking behavior points to the importance of customizing information services to meet individual needs.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 247–254 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |
| Volume | 40 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |