This paper reports on the information seeking behaviour of computer science graduate students. The
following research questions are put forward to address the main research objective on how
graduate students seek for information: i) what type of information resource do computer science
graduate students use?; ii) how do computer science graduate students seek and obtain
information?; iii) what are the problems faced by computer science graduate students while seeking
information?; iv) does any relationship exist between the use of different information resources and
graduates’ demographic information (i.e., age and type of graduate program)?; v) does any
relationship exist between the use of different information resources and problems in finding
information?and vi) does any relationship exist between the use of different information resources
and success in finding information?. A survey was conducted at the Faculty of Computer Science and
Information Technology, at the University of Malaya, with a sample size of 217 graduate students.
The data gathered was analysed quantitatively using SPSS statistical software. The findings show
that even though the Internet Search Engine is the first information resource used by computer
science graduate, they are however still in doubt with the trustworthiness of the information they retrieved. This has made the students dissatisfied with their initial findings that led them to use more reliable information resources, such as digital libraries and online databases. This study provides insights into how computer science graduate students seek information that offers improvement implications to the development of available information resources and library services.