Information Searching Techniques among the Faculty Members: A study of Degree Colleges Affiliated to Mangalore University

Information plays a vital role in the society. Information is available from various sources through libraries, organization, service providers, internet, media and community resources. Now a day’s users have to face with abundant information choices in their studies, workplaces and in lives. Information is available from all resources and remote corners of the world it becomes unfiltered and an individual possess a problem to choose the authentication and reliable and authentic information. To get right information, in right time, in right place for the right person is the challenging task of any users. Information search is an act of try to find the needed information by looking carefully, thoroughly in to the print as well as non print resources. Hence, in the present an attempt has been made, to study the information searching skills and strategies among the faculty members of the degree colleges. Further study is to identify different information search techniques used by the degree faculty for accessing and utilization of information resources.