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The article examines the frequency and characteristics of Internet use of students studying at the Department of Information Management at Hacettep University in Ankara, Turkey. It indicates that the students prefer electronic media in seeking information and use the Internet to do homework and prepare for their lessons. It adds that students find the easy accessibility of the information more important than the other qualities and they consider search engines as the most important means of information retrieval. Moreover, the study found no important differences on how the students reach the information through the Internet and the search engines they prefer, and the degree of search engines in fulfilling their information needs.