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INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF LAW STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).01      10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).01      Published : Dec 2021

Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan

    The major goal of this empirical study is to determine how undergraduate law students obtain legal knowledge. A survey research design was adopted, and a structured questionnaire was distributed through convenient sampling among the law students (n=257) of two participating public universities, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. The questionnaire was first per-tested by two experts and then pilot-tested among the 15 respondents. The statistical package SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science V 23) is used to evaluate data, which is then displayed in tables with frequencies,means, modes, and percentages. Respondents frequently encountered Content, efficacy, and availability barriers, such as 'no access to full text once references are identified' (M= 3.67, SD= 3.388), 'doubt about the existence of relevant information (M=3.54, SD=2.451), 'it takes too long to find the answers' (M=3.66,SD=1.617), and 'it is easier to ask a colleague' (M=3.63, SD=1.221). The study concluded that the use of university law libraries among students is not popular. Only 4.6 Percent of students consider the law library as the first source of information when they face a difficult legal question.

    Law Students, Information Seeking, Library, Online Sources
    (1) Jibran Jamshed
    Assistant Professor of Law, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Samza Fatima
    Assistant Professor of Law, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Bilal
    Assistant Professor of Law, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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    CHICAGO : Jamshed, Jibran, Samza Fatima, and Muhammad Bilal. 2021. "Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan." Global Legal Studies Review, VI (IV): 1-9 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).01
    HARVARD : JAMSHED, J., FATIMA, S. & BILAL, M. 2021. Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, VI, 1-9.
    MHRA : Jamshed, Jibran, Samza Fatima, and Muhammad Bilal. 2021. "Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan." Global Legal Studies Review, VI: 1-9
    MLA : Jamshed, Jibran, Samza Fatima, and Muhammad Bilal. "Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan." Global Legal Studies Review, VI.IV (2021): 1-9 Print.
    OXFORD : Jamshed, Jibran, Fatima, Samza, and Bilal, Muhammad (2021), "Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan", Global Legal Studies Review, VI (IV), 1-9
    TURABIAN : Jamshed, Jibran, Samza Fatima, and Muhammad Bilal. "Information Seeking Behavior of Law Students in Pakistan." Global Legal Studies Review VI, no. IV (2021): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).01