Document Type : Original Article
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1 Assistant Professor ,Health Information Management, Research Center for Health Technology Assessment and Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2 PhD student, Medical Informatic , Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD Student, Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, Department of medical librarianship and information sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Due to the increase in the use of scientific texts and databases, the need of students and professors to search for articles and journals is essential. Considering the expansion of the use of mobile phones and its advantages, this study was conducted with the aim of designing and evaluating a mobile application for comprehensive and offline search in databases of medical sciences.
Methods: The current research was applied-developmental and piloted in preparatory region 7 (including scientific articles of Isfahan, Kashan, Shahrekord and Yazd universities of medical sciences) and in Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed databases. In order to determine the requirements of the application, a checklist was prepared using the relevant texts and 11 medical librarians and informatics specialists, 4 health information management specialists and 8 library staff were surveyed. After designing the application with offline search capability, usability evaluation was done using standard QUIS questionnaire by 235 faculty members, 380 students and 32 librarians.
Results: The application database included 10 fields for articles and 15 fields for journals. The results showed that the evaluation of usability according to the QUIS questionnaire for faculty members, students and librarians was 8.22, 7.88 and 8.08 respectively and at a good level.
Conclusion: According to the opinion of the users, it is expected that the design of the application program will facilitate and improve the search in research backgrounds and by conducting a search, comprehensive results can be obtained.
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