Information Search Strategies Research Articles

Analisis Strategi Penelusuran Informasi di Perpustakaan pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir FIS UINSU

In general, one of the final tasks of students who want to earn a bachelor's degree is to compile scientific papers or what is commonly called a thesis. Writing thesis, students are required to have independence in the process through the guidance process carried out by the supervisor. The process of writing a thesis requires adequate information support as a source of writing. The research method used in this research is a qualitative research method to describe the nature of the problem under investigation. Sulistyo-Basuki (2006: 78) describes qualitative research intending to get a complete reflection of things for the thoughts of people being watched. This study resulted in final year students of the faculty of social sciences at the UINSU Library. Based on the results of the discussions that have been carried out, seven information search strategies were found in this study. That is Ellis' information seeking behavior strategy.
 Keywords: Behavior, Information Retrieval, Final Year Student

Analisis Strategi Penelusuran Informasi di Perpustakaan pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir FIS UINSU

In general, one of the final tasks of students who want to earn a bachelor's degree is to compile scientific papers or what is commonly called a thesis. Writing thesis, students are required to have independence in the process through the guidance process carried out by the supervisor. The process of writing a thesis requires adequate information support as a source of writing. The research method used in this research is a qualitative research method to describe the nature of the problem under investigation. Sulistyo-Basuki (2006: 78) describes qualitative research intending to get a complete reflection of things for the thoughts of people being watched. This study resulted in final year students of the faculty of social sciences at the UINSU Library. Based on the results of the discussions that have been carried out, seven information search strategies were found in this study. That is Ellis' information seeking behavior strategy.
 Keywords: Behavior, Information Retrieval, Final Year Student

Perilaku Pencarian Informasi Siswa Dalam Memenuhi Kebutuhan Informasi di MAN 2 Deli Serdang


 This study aims to determine information seeking behavior in meeting information needs at MAN 2 Deli Serdang. This study uses qualitative research methods, using a descriptive analysis approach. The findings of this study, students who meet their information needs prioritize visiting the library rather than going to the internet or other libraries. While the information source that students use the most is the third source of information (tertiary source), namely textbooks (textbooks) compared to the first source of information (primary source) and the second source of information (secondary source). Meanwhile, before conducting an information search, namely by looking at and reviewing the syllabus and preparing some of the notes needed in accordance with the theme of the task (starting). After that they determine the subject and use the core reference to link the search for the desired subject (chaining). Behavior when searching for information, they perform searches on collection shelves, OPAC, and the internet (browsing). The last behavior is that after searching for information, they carry out monitoring, extracting, checking, and ending. The obstacle faced by informants when searching on the internet is the lack of information search strategies applied by them, especially in determining the subject. In addition, the information they get is very much (overloaded). While the obstacles faced in the library are that they often do not get the collections they are looking for because the arrangement and placement on the collection shelves is not appropriate, so they look for other collections.
 Keywords: Behavior, Search, Information

The potential role of vitamin E in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

As an antioxidant, vitamin E (VitE) may benefit the erythrocytes by protecting glutathione from oxidation by free radicals and peroxide-generating processes. We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement guidelines when reporting this systematic review. We searched 6 electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) until May 8, 2022. We included all relevant studies. According to the study design, the Cochrane assessment tool (Risk of Bias 2), Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions checklists, and National Institutes of Health tools were used to assess the risk of bias.Continuous data were pooled as a mean difference (MD) with a relative 95% confidence interval. The protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022333848). Six studies were included in the meta-analysis with a total of 181 patients. Compared with the control group, VitE significantly improved the hemoglobin level for chronic hemolysis (MD = 2.72 g/dL, P < .0001) and for acute hemolysis (MD = 1.18 g/dL, P < .0001). It also decreased the reticulocyte level for chronic hemolysis (MD = -1.39 P < .0001) and for acute hemolysis (MD = -1.42%, P < .0001). For before and after studies, the use of VitE significantly improved the level of packed cell volume (MD = 0.56%, P < .00001), red blood cell half-life (MD = 2.19 days, P < .0001), and decreased the reticulocytes level (MD = -1.41%, P < .00001). Among patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, VitE might provide benefits such as increasing the hemoglobin, packed cell volume levels, red blood cell half-life, and decreasing the reticulocyte level, so reducing hemolysis. Further high-quality, well-designed randomized controlled trials are recommended.

Preschoolers' information search strategies: Inefficient but adaptive.

Although children's sensitivity to others' informativeness emerges early in life, their active information search becomes robustly efficient only around age 10. Young children's difficulty in asking efficient questions has often been hypothesized to be linked to their developing verbal competence and growing vocabulary. In this paper, we offer for the first time a quantitative analysis of 4- to 6-year-old children's information search competence by using a non-verbal version of the 20-questions game, to gain a more comprehensive and fair picture of their active learning abilities. Our results show that, even in this version, preschoolers performed worse than simulated random agents, requiring more queries to reach the solution. However, crucially, preschoolers performed better than the simulated random agents when isolating the extra, unnecessary queries, which are made after only one hypothesis is left. When additionally isolating all the unnecessary queries, children's performance looked on par with that of the simulated optimal agents. Our study replicates and enriches previous research, showing an increase in efficiency across the preschool-aged years, but also a general lack of optimality that seems to be fundamentally driven by children's strong tendency to make unnecessary queries, rather than by their verbal immaturity. We discuss how children's non-optimal, conservative information-search strategies may be adaptive, after all.

Generating A-Star Algorithm Admissible Heuristics Using a Dynamic Dataloader on Neural Networks, Enhanced With Genetic Algorithms, on a Distributed Architecture

Heuristic search algorithms are informed search strategies that use heuristics to estimate the minimal cost of the path from the current state to the goal. Using this additional knowledge, this type of algorithms can distinguish non-goal states, and then directs its search towards those that look more promising. This makes these algorithms faster than uninformed search algorithms. The A* algorithm is a well-known example of heuristic-based algorithms that is guaranteed to find the least-cost path to a goal state if the heuristic used is admissible, which means that it never overestimates the real cost from the current state to the goal. In this article, we are going to present a neural network architecture that makes it possible to predict admissible heuristics for a given graph and destination node, then we are going to refine our models using genetic algorithms in order to obtain better results.

Legislative informational lobbying

Whom should an interest group lobby in a legislature? I develop a model of informational lobbying, in which a legislature must decide on the allocation of district-specific goods and projects. An interest group chooses to search and provide information on districts' valuations of the goods. The setting is one of distributive politics, where the proposed allocation of goods and projects is endogenous to the information provided by the interest group. I characterize the information search strategy of the interest group. I furthermore establish that the relationship between informational lobbying and legislative majority requirement is non-monotonic. I also determine who gains and who loses from lobbying, identifying circumstances in which legislators would unanimously prefer to ban informational lobbying. Finally, I provide an informational rationale for why interest groups sometimes lobby legislative allies (friendly lobbying).

Competencias en información en estudiantes de primer año de enseñanza secundaria: un estudio en centros de enseñanza pública de Montevideo

The main results of the research that the Alfainfo.uy group developed in Uruguay with the aim of recognizing information competencies in first-year students of secondary schools are presented. Through the field work carried out, it was proposed to describe their competencies in information (search strategies, selection, use, evaluation and communication of information) and to develop strategies related to information literacy, based on the information needs of the students. The methodology used combined the application of a self-administered form that they had to carry out in a group, direct observation of said activity, and conducting interviews with qualified informants. Among the results, several difficulties related to the students’ literacy process could be evidenced, which is consistent with the absence of its explicit treatment in the curriculum. Neither could an active or leading role of the libraries of the centers be detected in this regard.

Causal illusion in the core of pseudoscientific beliefs: The role of information interpretation and search strategies.

The prevalence of pseudoscientific beliefs in our societies negatively influences relevant areas such as health or education. Causal illusions have been proposed as a possible cognitive basis for the development of such beliefs. The aim of our study was to further investigate the specific nature of the association between causal illusion and endorsement of pseudoscientific beliefs through an active contingency detection task. In this task, volunteers are given the opportunity to manipulate the presence or absence of a potential cause in order to explore its possible influence over the outcome. Responses provided are assumed to reflect both the participants’ information interpretation strategies as well as their information search strategies. Following a previous study investigating the association between causal illusion and the presence of paranormal beliefs, we expected that the association between causal illusion and pseudoscientific beliefs would disappear when controlling for the information search strategy (i.e., the proportion of trials in which the participants decided to present the potential cause). Volunteers with higher pseudoscientific beliefs also developed stronger causal illusions in active contingency detection tasks. This association appeared irrespective of the participants with more pseudoscientific beliefs showing (Experiment 2) or not (Experiment 1) differential search strategies. Our results suggest that both information interpretation and search strategies could be significantly associated to the development of pseudoscientific (and paranormal) beliefs.

Laypeople's Online Health Information Search Strategies and Use for Health-Related Problems: Cross-sectional Survey.

BackgroundWith the increase in the use of the internet to search for health information about health-related problems, there is a need for health care professionals to better understand how their patients search for and use the online health information that may influence their medical decision making.ObjectiveThe aims of this study are to explore laypeople’s online health information search strategies and examine the relationships between their search strategies and utilization behavior of online health information.MethodsTwo scales, namely match and elaboration, were used to measure patients’ basic search strategies (ie, simple approach) and advanced search strategies (ie, integrative approach), respectively. In addition, the consultation scale was used to evaluate the participants’ use of online health information to consult doctors and others. A total of 253 outpatients without university education were purposely selected and surveyed. The participants were outpatients at a university-affiliated teaching hospital. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was performed to analyze the measurement model to specify the measurement validation. In addition, the structure model of PLS-SEM was evaluated to examine the path correlations between variables and to execute interaction effect and curvilinear relationship analyses.ResultsThe results of the path correlation analysis by PLS-SEM showed that both elaboration strategy (path coefficient=0.55, P<.001) and match strategy (path coefficient=0.36, P<.001) were positively correlated with consultation on online health information with doctors and others. In addition, interaction effect and curvilinear relationship analyses indicated that there was a significant interaction effect between elaboration and match on consultation (path coefficient=–0.34, P<.001) and a significant curvilinear relationship between match and consultation (path coefficient=–0.09, P=.046).ConclusionsIncreasing patients’ exposure to online health information through both a simple search approach (ie, match strategy) and a complex search approach (ie, elaboration strategy) may lead them to appropriately use the information to consult doctors and others. However, the results of interaction effect and curvilinear relationship analyses highlighted the essential role of the elaboration strategy to properly locate, evaluate, and apply online health information. The findings of this study may help health care professionals better understand how to communicate with their patients through the health information on the internet.

Finding the (most efficient) way out of a maze is easier than asking (good) questions.

We investigate whether a spatial representation of a search task supports 4- to 7-year-old children's information-search strategies, relative to their performance in a question-asking game. Children played two computationally and structurally analogous search games: a spatial search task, the maze-exploration game, in which they had to discover the path through a maze by removing masks covering its passages; and a verbal search task, the 20-questions game, where they had to identify a target monster from a set of eight monsters by asking yes-no questions. Across four experiments, we found that children searched more efficiently when they could make queries nonverbally (Experiments 1 and 2a). We also found that merely providing children with a visual conceptual aid that supports their representation of the hypothesis space (Experiment 2b), or familiarizing them with the hypothesis-space structure (Experiment 3) was not sufficient to improve their search strategies. Together, our results suggest that young children's difficulties in the 20-questions game are mainly driven by the verbal requirements of the task. However, they also demonstrate that efficient search strategies emerge much earlier than previously assumed in tasks that do not rely on verbal question generation. These findings highlight the importance of developing age-appropriate paradigms that capture children's early competence, in order to gain a more comprehensive picture of their emerging information-search abilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

An Exploration of the Contingency Influence on Chinese Customers’ Selection of Online Hotel Reservation Channels

Hotel companies have tried to sell rooms through their direct online reservation channels, but consumers still purchase a substantial number of rooms through indirect channels operated by online travel agencies (OTAs). This study explores when and under what circumstances consumers choose either a hotel channel or an OTA channel drawing on the theoretical frameworks of tourist information search strategy. Results reveal that travelers who book the hotels for business purposes, who have visited the destination before, and who are more familiar with the destinations and hotels seem to be more likely to choose hotels’ direct online reservation channels. These findings provide novel perspectives on understanding why hotel customers prefer one channel to another. Hotel managers could use the findings of this study to increase reservations through direct channels.

LEARNING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA: UNDERSTANDING BS ACCOUNTANCY - 3RD YEAR STUDENTS’ INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

This research aimed to understand the UEP BS Accountancy-3rd year students’ information-seeking behavior in social media in the 2nd semester of the academic school year 2020-2021. This study intended to know the students’ social media preferences to assure a competitive advantage in today's technology driven information society. Specifically, this study aimed to: determine the respondents’ social media preference in seeking and sharing information; identify the respondents’ reasons for the use of ICT; measure the respondents’ attitude towards learning with so cial media; ascertain the respondents’ affinity in using social media; test the relationship of the respondents’ reasons for the use of ICT and attitude towards learning with social media; and, test the relationship of the respondents’ attitude towards learning and affinity on social media. This study was conducted in the College of Business Administration of the University of Eastern Philippines. It employed an inferential and descriptive survey research. The respondents of this study were the twenty-four (24) third year students of BS Accountancy from the College of Business Administration. The researcher adopted the research instrument utilized by North Texas, USA higher education learning technologies which was the Learning Preference Survey Battery. Results showed that in social media learning preference/s, Google ranked first, with a 23 frequency and 95.2 percent, which indicates that it is the most visited platform in terms of information seeking as it offered a wide array of information. In reasons for using ICT, majority of the respondents use it to keep updated on the current topics related to their study with a weighted mean of 4.83. In attitude towards learning with social media, majority of the respondents who use social media, with a mean of 4.46, are able to keep posted on what is happening around the world. In affi nity in using social media, majority of the respondents, with a weighted mean of 4.63, agree that many people are too attached to their smart phon es. Also, in the test of relationship of the respondents’ reasons for the use of ICT and attitude towards learning with social media, result showed that there is no significant relationship. In the test of relationship of the respondents’ attitude towards learning and affinity on social media, result showed that there is no significant relationship. The study recommends that the importance of the reliability of the sources in seeking information should be emphasized and students should be trained on how to seek correct and reliable information and practice appropriate search strategies and tactics for different social media use and critical information evaluation. With the current mode of learning, it is therefore recommended that teachers should integrate technology use in the teaching and learning process where students can utilize social media to increase their participation and performance. It is also advised that teachers should established online rules and etiquettes when there is an online meeting or class. Information literacy education program is highly suggested by the researcher. Lastly, the university should also allow the access of smart phones during lectures if NEEDED, provide free Wi-Fi not just in the premises of the University and also support free cellular prepaid load for all students.

The Effect of Flipped Classroom Model with Information Search Strategy Through Moodle-Based E-Lematika on Students' Self-Efficacy in Mathematics

Self-efficacy has a great influence on learning outcomes and academic achievement. However, many students have low self-efficacy in mathematics. For this reason, a learning process is needed that can help improve students' self-efficacy in mathematics. This study aimed to determine the effect of the inverted classroom model with information search strategies through moodle-based e -lematika media on students' self-efficacy in mathematics. This research is a type of quantitative research with a quasi-experimental design method. The population of this research is class XI students of SMK N 1 Jambi City and two sample classes, namely 31 students of class XI TKJ 1 and 31 students of class XI TKJ 5, respectively, the experimental class and control class. The self-efficacy questionnaire data analysis for the two classes was carried out using the independent sample t-test, which showed the value of sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 &lt; 0.05. So, there is a significant effect on the application of the flipped classroom model with information search strategies through moodle-based e-lematika media on students' self-efficacy.

Students’ Online Information Searching Strategies and Their Creative Question Generation: The Moderating Effect of Their Need for Cognitive Closure

With the wide application of computers and digital technologies, online information searching is being integrated into students’ learning process. Improving students’ creative question generation through online information searching is an emerging research topic in the creativity and pedagogy field. Online information searching brings diversified information, but it also leads to cognitive load brought by a large amount of online information. Using online information searching to generate creative questions depends on students’ cognitive properties. However, the existing literature ignores the joint influence of students’ online information searching strategies and cognitive properties on their creative question generation. This study puts forward three hypotheses: first, the two strategies of students’ online information searching (“keywords” and “Web page exploration”) will increase their creative question generation; second, the impact of “keywords” is negatively moderated by students’ need for cognitive closure (NFCC); third, the impact of “Web page exploration” is positively moderated by NFCC. The main reason is that high NFCC prevents students from obtaining diversified perspectives by using different keywords, but it helps to avoid distractions caused by a large amount of online information and promote the persistency of their reading information. Based on the data of quasi-experimental tasks completed by 90 students in Grade 7 and Grade 8, the results support the above hypothesis. The contributions of creative question generation theory and NFCC theory, as well as important issues of future study, are discussed.

THE EFFECT OF USING INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT AT ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 1 SORKAM IN 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR)

The goal of this study is to see if the Information Search strategy has a significant impact on students' reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts in eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Sorkam in the 2020/2021 Academic Year. This study employs an experimental approach with a pre-experimental research design, as well as a pretest-posttest design for one group. There are 187 students in the eleventh grade, therefore the population is made up entirely of them. Purposivesampling is the sampling technique utilized in this study, and the sample size is 31 students. The researcher collects data using an observation sheet for data on the implementation of the Information Search technique and a test for data on the students' reading comprehension of an analytical exposition text. The use of the Information Search approach yielded a score of 3.5, which is considered "very good." Before adopting the Information Search approach, the mean score of the students'reading comprehension of analytical exposition material. Before using the Information Search strategy, the students' reading comprehension of analytical exposition text had a mean score of 55, which was categorized as "Bad." Meanwhile, it was categorized as "Good" after using the Information Search strategy with a score of 70. The researcher uses the ttest formula to analyze the data using the statistical process. Based on the data that was analyzed, the data analysis revealed that ttest is superior to ttable (ttest9.02&gt; ttable 2.04). As a result, the hypothesis has been accepted. It means that in the 2020/2021 Academic Year, there is a considerable influence of Information Search method on students' reading comprehension of analytical exposition text at SMA Negeri 1 Sorkam eleventh grade students.

IMPLEMENTASI STRATEGI INFORMATION SEARCH PADA MAHASISWA PRODI PAI MELALUI PEMANFAATAN LITERASI DIGITAL DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the outbreaks of infectious diseases in the world, including in Indonesia. The Indonesian government will continue to limit community activities if the number of positive COVID-19 patients increases. Of course this can affect growth and development in various lives. One of them is the field of education which will also cause problems for students, not PAI study program students. This study aims to determine the form of implementation of the information search strategy for PAI study study students through the use of digital literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method used by the author in this research is descriptive qualitative with a library research approach. From this research, we get a result that finding strategic information is needed to be applied during the COVID-19 pandemic in the distance learning system. Especially for PAI study program students who are easy to have insight or broad information about Islamic material even though they have to study independently. Therefore, to support the ongoing information search strategy, it must also be accompanied by the use of digital literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is where the connection between the implementation of the information search strategy for PAI study study students and the use of digital literacy during the pandemic

Assessment of ICT Skills Among Upper Basic Islamic Studies Teachers in Kwara State

The role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education cannot be underestimated. In fact, the integration of ICT simplifies the teaching and learning process and enhances easy access to the contents of Islamic studies. Thus, it is incumbent on teachers of Islamic Studies to have necessary skills, knowledge and training on the usage of ICT tools in school. Hence, this study investigated assessment of ICT skills among upper basic Islamic studies teachers in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive research design. Krejcie and Morgan sampling table and purposive sampling technique was employed to sample 358 Islamic studies teachers in upper basic schools within Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State. Data collected were analysed using percentage and means and standard deviation to answer two research questions. The results of the findings showed that use of internet, information search strategy, use of library software and online book selection and acquisition are the Islamic studies teachers' perceived level of ICT skills in basic secondary schools in Kwara State. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that government and school authority should reward any teacher who tries his/her hands on innovation ideas using ICT tools to teach. Teachers should also be resourceful as that could motivate students to learn and perform better in their study.

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Reachability Queries with Label and Substructure Constraints on Knowledge Graphs

Since knowledge graphs (KGs) describe and model the relationships between entities and concepts in the real world, reasoning on KGs often correspond to the reachability queries with label and substructure constraints (LSCR queries). Specifically, for a search path p, LSCR queries not only require that the labels of the edges passed by p are in a certain label set, but also claim that a vertex in p could satisfy a certain substructure constraint. They are much more complex than existing label-constraint reachability (LCR) queries. LSCR queries on KGs can be addressed by two natural ways (EA-1) an online search algorithm and (EA-2) a combined search strategy, to the best of our knowledge. This paper presents two optimized algorithms for EA-1 and EA-2, but the optimized algorithms are still inefficient, since their efficiencies are highly dominated by their search directions as analyzed in this paper. Motivated by that, this paper presents an efficient informed search strategy on KGs, named INSK, with a lightweight index, named local index. An extensive experimental evaluation, on both synthetic and real KGs, illustrates that our INSK can efficiently process LSCR queries on KGs.