Information Access Skills in Social Science Researchers: Assessment of Competency

Authors

Rajesh Singh Dr., University of Delhi, Delhi, India.Follow
Shailendra Kumar Prof., University of Delhi, Delhi, India.Follow

Date of this Version

Spring 10-1-2020

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The study assesses levels of Information Access Skills (IAS) in social science researchers at select central universities in Delhi. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant data on skills like information browsing, use of information search tools, and information search strategy consisting of natural language search, keyword search and Boolean search. The descriptive and inferential statistical tools like ANOVA, Post-hoc test using LSD were used to analyze and interpret the collected data. On the competency scale, a big total of 46.2% of researchers were found incompetent in IAS. Suggests measures to enhance the IAS levels of information privileged researchers.