초록

본 연구는 최근 새롭게 등장한 정보탐색매체인 스마트폰을 통한 이용자들의 정보탐색행태를 탐색주제와 고려요인을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 연구를 위하여 스마트폰 이용자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구 결과 단순한 사실을 제시하거나 실시간으로 요구되는 성격의 주제에 대한 탐색 빈도가 높은 것으로 확인되었으며, 웹과 모바일 정보탐색행태에서 고려되는 요인들을 스마트폰 정보탐색행태에 적용한 결과 대부분의 요인들이 스마트폰 정보탐색에서도 중요하게 고려되는 것으로 조사되었다.

Abstract

This study aims to understand the information search behavior of smart phone users. The focus is on the subjects of sought information and the factors considered by the users during information seeking process. To gather the research data, a questionnaire survey was conducted. Some of the findings include that simple facts and the real-time updated topics were searched more often than the ones requiring complicated queries. It was also found that most of the important factors found to be relevant on the Web, and mobile information use environments were equally applicable to the smart phone information seeking cases.

초록

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the information users' needs and information seeking behavior in the field of science and technology. We found that the science and technology researchers most frequently needed information while conducting the research & development related tasks and drafting research papers. The researchers attributed the main sources of research ideas to be the communication among colleagues and the literature review. The researchers's most preferred information sources were digital libraries, web search engines, and academic information portal. In conclusion, the science and technology researchers regarded the online use of electronic materials as the primary source of information. We hope that this investigation reported herein to be the foundation for developing user-centered information services for the science and technology discipline.