Mohammadreza Hashemian; Mohammad Janatikia; Alireza Hashemian
Volume 10, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 101-108
Abstract
Introduction: Information seeking skills has an important role in independent searching and enables oneto have a strong research. The aim of this study was to investigate information seeking skills among theresidents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: It was a descriptive study. ...
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Introduction: Information seeking skills has an important role in independent searching and enables oneto have a strong research. The aim of this study was to investigate information seeking skills among theresidents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.Methods: It was a descriptive study. Morgan sampling table used to select 248 residents from 659residents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected using a researcher-madequestionnaire which was validated by expert and its reliability was tested with Cronbach’s alpha (0.83).Results: Only 3.9% of the residents attended in Iranian National Medical Digital Library (INLM)workshop and only 16.2% of them were registered to INLM. 38.3% of them were familiar with up-to-datedatabase and 25.8% of them used it. 48.4% of them used "advanced search". 49.2% of them used "bullionoperations" and only 13.3% of them were familiar with databases’ facilities to manage their search results.Only 5.5% of them always evaluated the retrieved information.Conclusion: Information seeking skills of residents was very low. Attending in workshops on databaseand information literacy can help them to improve their skills and have better research.
