What factors could affect the information
seeking behavior of people despite of their being
occupied in the same domain? This study aspires to
shed some light on this question by examining,
describing and exploring three aspects of information
seeking behaviour of astronomers in Greece. The
distinctive characteristic of this research is that an
intradisciplinary approach has been adopted and the
astronomers were grouped in various categories
according to their respective characteristics such as,
academic status, subfield-research area, and affiliated
institution, all being regarded as factors that can affect
behaviour. The analysis of the results revealed that
although some similarities exist, there are significant
variations in the behaviour of these different categories
of our participants, e.g. among scholars with different
academic status or research area, and the sources used
or their tendency to submit papers in eprint archives.