Architecture Students Attitudes Toward Information Search Process

Abstract

The aim of the study is to reveal architecture students’ attitudes toward Information Search Process (ISP). The sample is constituted by Turkish undergraduate students of department of architecture at faculty of architecture (n= 291) at Near East University. To reveal the attitudes toward ISP an attitude test of ISP, Attitude Scale for ISP (ASISP), was utilized. Data analyzed through frequencies, percentages, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann- Whitney U, and Kruskal- Wallis tests. Analyses showed that, change in independent variables grade and age do not make significant change at attitudes toward ISP. Girls were found to have significantly more positive attitudes toward ISP than boys. Those students who already took courses regarding ISP or information access have more positive attitude mean than those who did not, but the difference is not significant. The most remarkable finding for the present study is, the architecture students’ attitude level toward ISP is “intermediate”. This finding showed that the architecture students have not distinctive attitudes to carry efficient, fruitful, and successful ISP. Thus, it is important to give support to architecture students by courses of ISP, research methods, information retrieval, and scientific writing.