Abstract:
The purposes of the research are:1) to study the information use for research studies and thesis writing of graduate students, Barapha University 2) to compare the information use for research studies and thesis writing of graduate students in different educational levels, study programs and faculties. 3) to study problems and obstacles in using information for research studies and thesis writing of graduate students, Burapha University. 4) to compare problems and obstacles in using information for research studies and thesis writing of graduate students in different educational levels, study programs and faculties.
The samples are 332 graduate students in both regular and special programs of Burapha University during academic year 2005-2007. The statistics used to analyse the data are percentage, mean and standard deviation. From 332 samples, 288 students returned the questionnaires which is 86.74%
The results show:
Master degree students of humanities and social sciences in regular program have used the information for research studies and thesis writing most. For printed media, research report is used most. For electric media, Science Direct, full text of ThaiLIS and journal Link are used most. The most problem and obstacle in using general books is the small amount of required books, books are out of date, needed books are borrowed and have not in the library. The out of date reference books and some reference books should be made to be general books for borrowing, some of reference books on the wrong shelves. In using journal is the unavailability of required journals, back issue journals are missing, dont know how to find article and index journals are out of date. For research, the problem
is the lack of required research papers, can not find in OPAC, use long time for searching and dont
know list of thesis. In use online databases are incomplete data, duration of online link is too long,
use disingenuous keywords for search, not covering content and result of required information.
The comparison of problems and obstacles in using information for research studies and thesis writing of graduate students, Burapha University; both individuals and overall students in different educational levels, study programs and faculties have the same problems and obstacles.