Why Information Literacy Is Needed? A Qualitative Study about the VviewpointsS of Semnan University Psychology Students

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MAREFAT RAHMAN; MANSOURIAN YAZDAN; ZEREHSAZ MOHAMMAD

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Journal: Library and Information Science Research Year:2018 | Volume:8 | Issue:1 (15) Page(s): 197-220

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Why Information Literacy Is Needed? A Qualitative Study about the VviewpointsS of Semnan University Psychology Students

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MAREFAT RAHMAN | MANSOURIAN YAZDAN | ZEREHSAZ MOHAMMAD | Issue Writer Certificate

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NTRUDUCTION: The main aim of this study was to answer the question why Information literacy is needed from the viewpoints of psychology undergraduate students majoring in Semnan University. METHODOLOGY: This study was an applied research and used the grounded theory approach to reveal the viewpoints of Undergraduate psychology students majoring at Semnan University. All undergraduate students studying psychology in this university at the time of the study (2016-2017) were the statistical population. Data collection process continued until data saturation. Because of the qualitative and exploratory nature of the research, data collection and analysis were conducted synchronously, and 18 semi-structured interviews were done. MaxQDA software was used for data coding. FINDINGS: A total of 74 general concepts appeared in the open coding process. Eleven main categories, such as necessity of familiarity with general and specialized databases, need to familiarity with the library and library resources and search process in the library, need for familiarity with the Internet and Internet search tools, necessity of paying attention to the validation of information and resources, need to know about citation management and referencing styles, need to some necessary skills such as information management, information seeking and English language skills, need to familiarity with general and special social networks and finally, and need to familiarity with information services and resources available in research context were found in this study as some reasons for why Information literacy is needed. CONCLUSIONS: The concepts and categories extracted in this study, such as not being familiarity with the content of Persian and English language databases in the field of psychology and need for students to be familiarity with the scientific journals of psychology, and necessity of paying attention to these topics in teaching Information literacy to the students. Familiarity with the library and its various units should be addressed by Information literacy instructors. Also, along with the familiarity with the library, paying attention to Internet search tools and need to understand network concepts is important for the students of psychology. The attention and teaching of citation manager software packages and the need to pay attention to methods of validating resource should also be addressed by Information literacy instructors in Information literacy programs related to the psychology students. The presence of social networks has created a need for familiarity with various types of social and social networks for psychology students. The concepts and categories of present research can be used for planning Information literacy workshops for psychology students at Semnan University.

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MAREFAT, RAHMAN, MANSOURIAN, YAZDAN, & ZEREHSAZ, MOHAMMAD. (2018). Why Information Literacy Is Needed? A Qualitative Study about the VviewpointsS of Semnan University Psychology Students. LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESEARCH JOURNAL (STUDIES IN EDUCATION & PSYCHOLOGY ), 8(1 (15) ), 197-220. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/204977/en

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MAREFAT RAHMAN, MANSOURIAN YAZDAN, ZEREHSAZ MOHAMMAD. Why Information Literacy Is Needed? A Qualitative Study about the VviewpointsS of Semnan University Psychology Students. LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESEARCH JOURNAL (STUDIES IN EDUCATION & PSYCHOLOGY )[Internet]. 2018;8(1 (15) ):197-220. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/204977/en

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RAHMAN MAREFAT, YAZDAN MANSOURIAN, and MOHAMMAD ZEREHSAZ, “Why Information Literacy Is Needed? A Qualitative Study about the VviewpointsS of Semnan University Psychology Students,” LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESEARCH JOURNAL (STUDIES IN EDUCATION & PSYCHOLOGY ), vol. 8, no. 1 (15) , pp. 197–220, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/204977/en

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