Study Skills of faculty members of Boroujerd Azad University in recognition of differences and the use of electronic citation databases and full text digital library

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Shahram Shahbazi ¹ (MA in educational planning and teacher Azad University of Boroujerd)
Mohammad jafar Mahdian ² (PhD in Educational Administration and a member of the Azad University of Boroujerd)
Masomeh Mahdian ³ (Master of Education, Technical and professional faculty to cultivate Borujerd)

Received: 2012-12-03 Accepted : 2013-01-20 Published : 2013-05-22

Keywords: information literacy, Digital libraries, citation databases, full-text databases, Faculty, university Boroujerd,

Abstract :

Objective: This study examined to determine the amount of university faculty members skills of distinguishing the differences and the amount of electronic information resources, including citation databases and full-text access to these resources in Azad Boroujerd University. Methodology: The Methodology was descriptive survey research and statistical population of faculty full-time university of  Boroujerd were 63people. Stratified random sample of Morgan 53 was chosen. Information gathering tool was a questionnaire with validity 0/88 and reliability 0/83 respectively. The data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of Xi 2 and T-test . Findings: Meaningful survey of test results in T was larger than the critical value indicated in Table (54/7) percent of the faculty of the differences in resource recovery and full-text documents database did not have enough information. Conclusion: The faculty members’ skills  in understanding and use of Boroujerd Azad University including citation databases and full text level was weak.

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