Mahmoud Moradi; Saleh Rahimi; Forozan Karami
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to determine the amount of electronic and printed resources and its effective factors among students of Razi and Azad University of Kermanshah.Methodology: This research is applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of survey method. The data gathering tool ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to determine the amount of electronic and printed resources and its effective factors among students of Razi and Azad University of Kermanshah.Methodology: This research is applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of survey method. The data gathering tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population is the students of Razi and Azad University of Kermanshah in the academic year 1995-96, of which 35014 people and the sample number are estimated using 380 Cochran formulas. A stratified random sampling method was used for sampling, and descriptive statistics mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics, variance, and ANOVA were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software.Findings: The results of the study showed that 63.45% of the students used electronic resources and 36.55% of printed materials. Among the sources of electronic sources, the databases with the highest of 92.6 percent and the rate of use of electronic resources are very high, and print resources are moderately evaluated. The extent to which information needs are met by databases with an average of 4.66 at the highest level and the websites with the average of 2.37 have the lowest level of satisfying the information needs of the students. Access to information in the shortest time (4 / 88%), the most important inducing factor, and destructive effects on the eyes and brain (58.9%), were the main inhibitor of using electronic resources. Correct and valid information (62.1%), the most important factor provoking, and the time consuming process of search and lending (61.8%), were the main deterrent to using print resources.Conclusion: The results of the research showed that, while using electronic resources due to their advantages, they are more than printed sources, but print resources are still used remarkably, so electronic resources can not be obtained. They are completely replaced by print sources, but used as complementary material.
Mosa Majidi; Ghorban Shakerian
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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the information seeking behavior of academic staff in the use of online resources at Tabataba’i University. The methodology of this study is a descriptive survey and a research application was implemented. The instrument used for data collection ...
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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the information seeking behavior of academic staff in the use of online resources at Tabataba’i University. The methodology of this study is a descriptive survey and a research application was implemented. The instrument used for data collection questionnaire was developed and distributed among the 472 members of the faculty at Allameh Tabataba’i University. The results show that 80 percent of faculty members through the Internet search and online sources are familiar with the individual studies and their main goal is conducting research into the use of online resources and up to date information. In a variety of magazines, online resources and electronic books more than other types of applications. Eighty eight percent of Allameh Tabataba’i University faculty members use free information resources to meet the needs of their own. The main criteria for the evaluation of the new and updated information are available online resources. According to the results, the biggest difficulties experienced by the fellow members of university staff in using online resources include the constant inaccessibility of information banks owing to the lack of a comprehensive policy in this respect and the very low speed of the Internet.
Roya Pournaghi; Leila Nemati-Anaraki
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: Translation of knowledge is a bridge from theory to practice guaranteeing that knowledge is rendered available to the people seeking it. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate The course of researching the field of knowledge translation research databases (Science Direct, Taylor & ...
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: Translation of knowledge is a bridge from theory to practice guaranteeing that knowledge is rendered available to the people seeking it. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate The course of researching the field of knowledge translation research databases (Science Direct, Taylor & Francis, Eric, and Emerald) and by subsidiary objectives included : determination of the rate of articles pertinent to our keyword “ knowledge translation”, survey of review papers related to the development of knowledge translation in different years, to determine issues related to knowledge translation and to determination of the topics related to knowledge translation and also of the journals pertaining to the knowledge translation in medical and non-medical field in the databases in question .Methodology: Finally data were analyzed by using bibliometric method. In order to analyze the data and draw diagrams Excel software was used. Findings: Findings show that Science Direct database had 21 articles (18.27 percent) in non-medical issues and 94 articles (81.73 percent) in medical issues; Taylor & Francis had 12 articles (40 percent) in non-medical issues and 18 article (60 percent) in medical issues; Emerald database had 2 articles (66/66 percent) in non-medical issues, and 1 article (33/33 percent) in medical issues; and also the Eric database dedicated (100 percent) of articles to medical issues. Conclusion: In general the survey of the course of research in the field of knowledge translation in databases showed the growing attention to the issue of knowledge translation. Even though knowledge translation has traditionally been receiving far more attention in
