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Information literacy level and Access to information resources under web skills in Ardabil University of medical sciences students in 2012-13

Firouz Amani, roghayeh tafarroji

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Background and objective: Information literacy said to skills that a person needs in order to survive in the information society.The purpose of this research is to determine the level of information literacy among students of Ardabil University of medical sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive – analytical study, data collected for 150 students by a questionnaire and then collected data analyzed by statistical methods in SPSS software. Results: The mean of literacy information score in students was 40.5 (SD=7.5) and in Medicine and Para medicine faculty students with score 41 (SD=8.2) was more than others. The Most of students with 35.3% use university system research and 24.6% use from Journals share with Ardabil University of Medical science. Conclusion: according to the results, Information literacy skills between students were in moderate level and attention to this concept as a key pillar in education and research was necessary.

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Background and objective: Information literacy said to skills that a person needs in order to survive in the information society.The purpose of this research is to determine the level of information literacy among students of Ardabil University of medical sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive – analytical study, data collected for 150 students by a questionnaire and then collected data analyzed by statistical methods in SPSS software. Results: The mean of literacy information score in students was 40.5 (SD=7.5) and in Medicine and Para medicine faculty students with score 41 (SD=8.2) was more than others. The Most of students with 35.3% use university system research and 24.6% use from Journals share with Ardabil University of Medical science. Conclusion: according to the results, Information literacy skills between students were in moderate level and attention to this concept as a key pillar in education and research was necessary.

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Background and objective: Information literacy said to skills that a person needs in order to survive in the information society.The purpose of this research is to determine the level of information literacy among students of Ardabil University of medical sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive – analytical study, data collected for 150 students by a questionnaire and then collected data analyzed by statistical methods in SPSS software. Results: The mean of literacy information score in students was 40.5 (SD=7.5) and in Medicine and Para medicine faculty students with score 41 (SD=8.2) was more than others. The Most of students with 35.3% use university system research and 24.6% use from Journals share with Ardabil University of Medical science. Conclusion: according to the results, Information literacy skills between students were in moderate level and attention to this concept as a key pillar in education and research was necessary.

Key concepts: Information literacy, Medical education, Persian, Shahid, Pillar, Descriptive statistics, Psychology, Medicine

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