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Information Seeking Behaviours and its Aspect in Legal Perspective

Bulu Maharana, Karna Singh

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Indian Journal of Library and Information Sciences 17(2):p 125-129, May-August 2023. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.17223.2

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Singh K, Maharana B. (2023). Information Seeking Behaviours and its Aspect in Legal Perspective. Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, 17(2):125–129.

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Received : March 21, 2023         Accepted : April 18, 2023          Published : May 30, 2023

Abstract

Individuals are thought to be the most intelligent animals in the natural world. He works hard to make his life easier by learning new things through various approaches such as observation and experiments. He employs many strategies to make advantage of all available information in this process. Information is a structured sequence of symbols that can be understood as a message, in the strictest technical meaning. This document attempts to define the terms "information," "information use," and "information seeking. "The study examines the trend in the information seeking behaviour legal thought (collaborating, sharing and dissemination) among legal practitioners and seeks to understand it in detail. It also examines as to what is the extent of awareness and use of emergent Internet tools for research collaboration. These will be used by the information community to demonstrate that a number of reasons were contribute for, and accountable to, the various types of digital information service sustainability.

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We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.

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Singh K, Maharana B. (2023). Information Seeking Behaviours and its Aspect in Legal Perspective. Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, 17(2):125–129.

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Received Accepted Published
March 21, 2023 April 18, 2023 May 30, 2023
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.17223.2

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Received March 21, 2023
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