Assessment of Information Literacy of Agriculture Graduate Students in University of Zanjan

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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the information literacy among agricultural graduate students in University of Zanjan. Research design was descriptive- correlation and survey method used. Agricultural graduate in University of Zanjan formed the statistical population of study) N =223). The sample size was determined by using Cochran formula (n =80). Samples were selected through stratified random sampling method. Research instrument was a questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire revised and confirmed by a panel of experts. Results showed information literacy of students with an average of 7.59 and standard deviation of 2.03 was moderate. The highest level of information literacy of students was in the area of effective and access to information need. The lowest literacy level was students' knowledge of the legal and judicial areas related to access and uses the information. Based on the correlation results, there was positive and significant relationships between student’s research situations with their information literacy.

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Higher Education Letter
Volume 10, Issue 38
September 2017
Pages 155-175

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