Libraria , Vol. 7, No. 1, 2019 91 PERILAKU PENCARIAN INFORMASI MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN ILMU SOSIAL DI PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS SARI MUTIARA INDONESIA Ida Mariani Pasaribu 1 , Muhammad Rasyid Ridlo 2 , Herry Fernando Tarigan 3 1 Universitas Sari Mutiara Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia 2 Universitas Sumatera Utara, Program Studi Ilmu Perpustakaan rasyidridlo28@gmail.com Abstract Tis study aims to determine information seeking behavior by fnal-level students of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Sari Mutiara Indonesia University Library. Tis study uses descriptive quantitative methods. Tis study uses an analytical framework based on the information search behavior stage model by David Ellis which consists of: Starting, Chaining, Browsing, Diferentiating, Monitoring, Extracting and ending. Te results showed that there were similarities in the stages of information seeking activities according to the model proposed by David Ellis with information seeking behavior carried out by fnal-year students of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Sari Mutiara Indonesia University. Keywords: Information, Information Search Behavior, Model David Ellis