ABSTRACT The information-seeking behavior of social science graduate students has been the subject of many studies, but none have concentrated only on the economics graduate student population and their unique needs. The purpose of this focus group study was to use group discussions to understand the actual online behavior of graduate economics students when conducting research. The results provide insight and information about the skills and characteristics of economics graduate students, their first steps in conducting research online, their use of publicly available and library resources, challenges to finding information, and resources used to overcome these challenges.

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经济学研究生的信息查询行为：你买了，他们会来吗？

摘要 社会科学研究生的信息搜索行为一直是许多研究的主题，但没有一项研究只关注经济学研究生群体及其独特需求。本次焦点小组研究的目的是通过小组讨论来了解经济学研究生在进行研究时的实际在线行为。结果提供了关于经济学研究生的技能和特征、他们进行在线研究的第一步、他们使用公开可用和图书馆资源、寻找信息的挑战以及用于克服这些挑战的资源的洞察力和信息。