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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.

Most studies on library ethics are theoretical. No scale has been developed with a valid and reliable psychometric property to measure library staff and users' ethical perceptions or behaviors. This paper describes the development of a brief measure of the Library Ethics Scale (LES) conducted in two consecutive studies. In the first study, based on the literature review and opinions of expert groups, 47 items were developed for the item pool. These items were administered to 521 university library users in Turkey. An explanatory factor analysis indicated a strong two-factor solution. In the second study conducted on 259 participants, these two-factor structures showed good psychometric properties, with 18 items explaining the total variance of 59.074. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was 0.903, and the two sub-dimensions were found to be 0.91, and 0.888, respectively. The LES shows good validity and reliability properties and has potential application in library ethics settings, including library professionals' perceptions and users' perceptions and behaviors. • Most studies on library ethics are theoretical. • No scale has been developed to measure library ethics perceptions and behaviors. • This study is the first attempt to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure the ethical perceptions of library users. • Results indicated strong evidence of a two-factor solution with good psychometric properties for 18 items. • The Library Ethics Scale (LES) is a brief scale, easy to use and has potential application in many library ethics settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]