Department of Medical Library and Information Science, School of allied medical sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Ira
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Introduction: This study evaluated the internal structure of Ellis information seeking model in the student community with the aim of presenting the Persian norm. Methods: The present study is descriptive-analytical and was conducted by cross-sectional survey method in the second semester of the academic year 1399-1400. The study population was 280 graduate students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. The data collection tool is a questionnaire based on Ellis information seeking behavior pattern with 41 questions. Findings were analyzed using SPSS software version 26 and Amos version 24. Results: Results of exploratory factor analysis by principal component method with Varimax cycle to identify five factors of identification, confirmation and organization; Monitoring, conservation and extraction; Relevance; Availability and up-to-dateness and credit factor led. The extracted five-factor pattern explains more than 66% of the changes in information seeking behavior. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicate the optimal fit of the extracted pattern. All factors had good consistency and Cronbach's total alpha of the instrument was 0.97. Conclusion: The five-factor pattern of web-based information retrieval behavior is a new self-report tool for assessing the nature of academic user retrieval behavior on the Web. This pattern is based on Ellis's information pattern in terms of content and items used, but it differs from it in terms of subscale.