Perilaku Pencarian Informasi Mahasiswa Politeknik Negeri Malang Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Menggunakan Metode David Ellis

Abstract

The existence of massive social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for Malang State Polytechnic students to find information sources in the library, because they couldn't visit the library. However, the Malang State Polytechnic library continues to strive to meet the information needs of students. Malang State Polytechnic Library continues to open access for digital collections and organizes a training program called the "Kelas Literasi". This research aims to determine the information seeking behavior of Malang State Polytechnic students during the covid-19 pandemic using the David Ellis method and the information sources that are often used by Malang State Polytechnic students during the covid-19 pandemic. The research method used is a descriptive quantitative method, with 266 respondents. The sample retrieval technique used is purposive sampling. The data collection techniques used were questionnaires, observation and interviews. In data analysis, researchers use the mean and grand mean formulas. Based on the results of data analysis, it is known that the average value of information seeking behavior of Malang State Polytechnic students during the covid-19 pandemic is in a very high category, at starting stage (4.0), chaining (3.45), browsing (3.02), differentiating (3,46), monitoring (3,41), extracting (2,81), verifying (3,32), and ending (3,45). In addition, based on the result of data analysis, it can also be known that only 93 students (34.96%) went through all the stages of information seeking behavior on David Ellis. The information sources that are most often used by students of the State Polytechnic of Malang are Google and Google Scholar.