Information Behavior of Faculty Members of NSTU, Public University of Bangladesh

The study’s main purpose was to investigate faculty members’ information searching behaviors while administering any research. This study designed an online questionnaire and printed questionnaires used for data collection. were analysed using several descriptive statistics, such as frequencies, percentages, non-parametric tests, i.e., Mann-Whitney Kruskal-Wallis. findings showed that members heavily dependent on search engines access information, they have mainly academic social media sites Google Scholar (n=139) ResearchGate (n=133). Additionally, keep up-to-date with new publications, primarily relied journal alerts (n=126). In the case of applying strategies, more than one keyword sometimes keyword. Conversely, do not apply proximity operators, discovery federated tools Boolean operators in their techniques. Furthermore, modifying techniques, keywords utilise engines, databases, advanced Moreover, test result found no significant differences terms gender regarding types e-resources by them, Kruskal-Wallis tests substantial demographic characteristics only indexed academic, (e.g., ResearchGate, Zotero Network), current awareness services (i.e., Journal alerts, Web discussion lists), techniques Truncation).