PREFERENSI PEMUSTAKA DALAM MENYUSUN TUGAS AKHlR (SKRIPSl/ TESIS/DISERTASI) MENGGUNAKAAN SUMBER INFORMASI DATABASE ONLINE

Abstract

The phenomena that appear in the library as an information center, there are twt all of information sources are available in rhe library. It indicates that user has a special consideration ro preparing the theses, and dissertation using the infonnation sources by internet in the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadjalt Mada University.

The purpose of rite research is  analyze rite attributes as a major preference

for the users who is writing the thesis and dissertation using internet information sources. The attribute that is used in research is the ease factor ro find the information, accessibility, availability of rite library collections. librarian behavior and user behavior.

The data thor is used in this research is the primary  data that fouaded  by

questionnaire of respondents who are writing the thesis and dissertation in the library of the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadjah Mada University between 2005 to 2010 academic years . The instmmem are used in this research using SPSS to get the variables that is considered writing thesis and dissertation as well as tofi nd the most coveted combi110tion for the user looking for information source from online diltabases.

The result  of the research show that the user references of the information

sourcesfrom onli11e databases however the collections that are available in print in the librtuy of the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadiah Mada University are still needed. Based on the demographic of respondents, the most user who come in the library qf the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadjah Mada University is man in bachelor degree with the rate is 50,8%, 72,9 % are the bachelor degree respondents In productive age between 21-30 years old. and the most respondents is bachelor degree (Sf ) is 55%,

While the use of internet is 3-5 hour a day, the use of online darabases as references in write rhe thesis mtd dissertation is 83.1 %. The research show that the users who access of the information sources using online databases in the library of the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadjah Mada University to writes the thesis mul dissertation is more than the users who looks for print reforences in the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy of Gadjah Mada University to writes the thesis and dissertation. The t«ers choose the online databases as a means of accessing i'![ormation because of low cost, the information is up dare, and complete, it can used to shore the in.fonnarion, and easy to use depend use prim collection in the library.