Ajiboye and Tella, 2007[16] conducted a research to examine the information seeking behavior of undergraduate students in the University of Botswana. Major findings of the study includes: academic information was rated as the predominant information required by the students, while the internet was rated the most crucial source of most of the academic information required; it was also found that gender, level of study and course of study significantly influence students’ information seeking behavior.
Ellis, 1993[17] conducted a study in ‘A comparison of the information seeking patterns of researchers in the physical and social sciences’. In this study certain minor variations concerned with awareness levels of facilities, the extent of usage of a source and the research stage at which a strategy may be employed were identified. Nonetheless, fundamental differences in information seeking behavior could not be determined. Finally the extent to which developments in electronic communication have had any impact on the information or communication patterns of the scientists and social scientists is considered.