Why we like Google Scholar: postgraduate students' perceptions of factors influencing their intention to use
Purpose
This study examines the use of the search engine, Google Scholar, from the perspective of a specific study group, that of international postgraduate students. Based on the theory of task perceived performance and effort expectancy influencing intention to use, further factors of system, individual, social and organisational, in the postgraduate student context are explored.
Design/methodology/approach
The questionnaire for the measurement of 11 factors was developed from related studies of e-library use, and data were collected from 200 international postgraduate students studying in the UK. Analysis using confirmatory factor analysis established the contextual influencing factors, and structural equation modeling examined the predicted model.
Findings
The findings confirmed the influence of the task-based factors of performance and expectancy and revealed that these were based on the perception of the …
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