Nahid Shahveisi; Gholamreza Heidari; Vakil Ahmadi
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The present study analyzes the research background section of the five master's theses in the fields of Information science and epistemology, social sciences, psychology, political science and counseling in the years 1393 to 1398 of Razi University, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences. This research ...
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The present study analyzes the research background section of the five master's theses in the fields of Information science and epistemology, social sciences, psychology, political science and counseling in the years 1393 to 1398 of Razi University, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences. This research has been studied by the method of quantitative content analysis of the applied type, 140 dissertation titles were inspected. The tool used in this research is a checklist. Mean data comparison tests were used to analyze the data. It shows that in terms of structure in the field, the field of consulting has the highest average and the field of political science has the lowest average in terms of structure. In terms of content by discipline, the social sciences have the highest average and the field of psychology the lowest. In the "by year" structure, the closer the research backgrounds are to 1998, the better they are, and in terms of content, the closer they get to 1998, the weaker they are. This means that the research backgrounds were better in 1993 and 1994. The findings also indicate the second place of the field of information science and epistemology among other fields. In this field, in terms of structure based on year, the year 1395, and in terms of content, the year 93 had a better situation among other years. The results indicate that according to the criteria, the research background is relatively good in terms of structure, but weak in terms of content, and not of good quality.
Amin Zare; Sara Bahrami Nia; Soraya Zangene
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The aim of this research was to analyze citation behavior in dissertations of postgraduate student in Razi University between 2014 2019According to type, this study was citation analysis and based on data gathering was documentary (library) research. Community of this research included all dissertations ...
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The aim of this research was to analyze citation behavior in dissertations of postgraduate student in Razi University between 2014 2019According to type, this study was citation analysis and based on data gathering was documentary (library) research. Community of this research included all dissertations between 2014 -2019. Sample size included 349 dissertations. Data were gathered by using of two step sampling method and data were analyzed by SPSS and MS Excel. Averagely, each dissertation has 93.58 cited sources. Research papers were the most cited resources by 67.92 and websites less than others by 1.77. According to the language of citations, English was the most and Arabic was the least. Findings showed that it was significant correlation between college type and citation behavior.Results of this research showed that Razi University postgraduate student are using English sources more than other language, thus acquiring English materials is important operation.
Soraya Sangeneh; Amin Zare; Mahmoud Moradi
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The aim of this study is to survey the relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. The research is an applied one that is conducted in a descriptive-analytical and survey method. The statistical population was all postgraduate students ...
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The aim of this study is to survey the relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. The research is an applied one that is conducted in a descriptive-analytical and survey method. The statistical population was all postgraduate students of Razi University who were studying in the second semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Two-stage stratified sampling is used. The sample size was estimated by 365 Cochran's formula. The required data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. Data analysis was done by SPSS software Version 23. Findings showed no significant relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior in general. Four variables including age, gender, level of education, and employment were studied. Only level of education and employment had significant and positive relationship on students' information behavior. But there was no significant relationship between familiarity with different languages and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. By examining the effect of language on students' information behavior, it is possible to predict their information behavior, provide better information resources that they need, and avoid spending money on unused resources. Students do not seem to be aware of the important power of language in their behavior, so it is necessary for students and universities to pay more attention to this issue. One of the solutions is to hold training classes and strengthen language skills, which can be held by universities and students themselves to take these courses outside the university.
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.
