Abstract:

This paper makes a research on the characteristic and difference of readers' academic information search in universities by using questionnaire survey. Firstly,it establishes a model framework; secondly, investigates the method and habit of readers' academic information search in universities, analyses the decisive factor of reader's academic information search behaviors and correlations between these behaviors. The result shows that the reader's academic information search behavior is significantly related to the reader's identity and self evaluation; there is a significant correlation between reader's literature search and reading behavior; tutors are main factors that affect the use of electronic resources of students; resources and services of university libraries have not been fully utilized by readers. Based on the above research result, it puts forward some suggestions to improve the service quality of the library.

Key words: academic information, searching behavior, university reader, correlation analysis