The study addresses the questions o f (a) how social science scholars at this university locate and use relevant information, particularly electronic resources and other emerging technologies, for their specific research and teaching needs; and (b) whether these patterns vary in relation to gender, age, academic rank,academic department or college, or preferred search language. Formal and informal sources o f information and electronic resources utilized by social science scholars, as
well as barriers to information seeking, are discussed. Additionally, barriers affecting
scholars’ information-seeking behavior are identified.