Characteristics of Internet users' information behaviors and strategies for library service in medical colleges and universities / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To provide the evidence for working out the strategies for library service by investigating the characteristics of Internet users' information behaviors in medical college and university library. Methods The In-ternet users' information behaviors in electronic reading room of medical college and university library were recorded using management software and analyzed using the SPSS. Results Medical undergraduates were the major readers in electronic reading room of medical college and university library. Their Internet information behaviors were charac-terized by information searching which accounted for 55. 19%. The use of foreign databases, especially PubMed, was more than that of domestic databases. The time of readers to search and use information was centralized in their working hours. Conclusion Library should help its readers to know how to search the databases, how to make full use of Internet resources, and how to improve their learning efficiency in order to make sure that the readers can ef-fectively search and use the Internet information.