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Introduction: Information‑seeking behaviors have been one of the main focuses of researchersin order to identify and solve the problems users face in information recovery. The aim of thisresearch is Comparative on Information‑Seeking Behavior of the Postgraduate Students inIsfahan University of Medical Sciences and Isfahan University in Writing Dissertation based onKuhlthau Model of Information Search Process in 2012. Materials and Methods: The researchmethod followed is survey and the data collection tool is Narmenji questionnaire. Statisticalpopulation was all postgraduate students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and IsfahanUniversity. The sample size was 196 people and sampling was stratified randomly. The type ofstatistical analyses were descriptive (mean and frequency) and inferential (independent t testand Pearson’s correlation) and the software used was SPSS20. Results: The findings showedthat Isfahan Medical Sciences University followed 20% of the order steps of this model andIsfahan University did not follow this model. In the first stage (Initiation) and sixth (Presentation)of feelings aspects and in actions (total stages) significant difference was found betweenstudents from the two universities. Between gender and fourth stage (Formulation) and thetotal score of feelings the Kuhlthau model there has a significant relationship. Also therewas a significant and inverse relationship between the third stage (Exploration) of feelingsand age of the students. Conclusion: The results showed that in writing dissertation therewere some major differences in following up the Kuhlthau model between students of thetwo Universities. There are significant differences between some of the stages of feelingsand actions of students’ information‑seeking behavior from the two universities. Thereis a significant relationship between thefourth stage (Formulation) of feelings in theKuhlthau Model with gender and third stageof the Feelings (Exploration) with age.