سلوكيات البحث عن المعلومات في البيئة الرقمية : طلاب المرحلة الجامعية الأولى بكلية الآداب و العلوم الإنسانية بجامعة طيبة أنموذجا

الملخص EN

The search for information is a very important practice because it is the basis of all scientific research, which in turn represent basic pillars of progress and building civilizations.

In the recent past, searching for information has been a very slow and tiring process; Where the researcher had to visit a variety of libraries and consult with many specialists, while in the era of the digital environment and with the spread of modern communication technologies, the flow of information has become fast and intense, and the search for information has become complex that requires researchers, especially undergraduate students, to acquire skills and techniques necessary to build research strategies.

Clear and defined parameters to access the information necessary to satisfy their information needs.

The main objective of this study is to monitor and clarify the behaviors of undergraduate students at the College of Arts and Humanities in searching for information in the digital environment.

On this basis, the study aims to answer a major question: What are the behaviors and the research practices pursued by undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Humanities at Taibah University in searching for information in the digital environment? The study used the field approach and was fascinated by the descriptive analytical method.

The study population consisted of (12,336) male and female students, of whom the study recruited (377) male and female students.

And entertainment motives, professional motives, and cultural motives, in addition to following up on current events, and educational motives come as the strongest motives for searching for information among the study sample with a percentage of (75.1%), and the sources used by the study sample varied, and the Internet was the most used source with a percentage of (59 ,4%), and about (55.2%) of the study sample can access their information needs easily.

The specialization and the scientific section affect the ease and speed of dealing with information sources in the digital environment, according to (87.3%) of the sample members.

The study recommended a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of developing study programs in all scientific departments of the college to teach research skills in the digital environment and mechanisms for evaluating and selecting digital information sources.

The study relied on the system of the American Psychological Association APA-seventh edition-in documenting the references and sources of the study.