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PhD in Information Science, University of Payame Noor University, Zahedan University of Zahedan. Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between information literacy and field of study. The research method was descriptive-correlative and the statistical population of this study included students of Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch in four fields of technical and engineering education, management and accounting, psychology and educational sciences, and English language teaching with a volume of 6500 individuals. Using Cochran's formula, 363 students were selected by stratified random sampling. Data collection tools were Siamak and Davarpanah Information Literacy Questionnaire (2009). The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference between the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences and of Management and Accounting (P <0.05), and the average in the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences was higher than that of management and accounting. There was also a significant difference between the technical and engineering group and management and accounting (P <0.05), and the average in the technical and engineering group was higher than that of management and accounting. There was no significant difference in the other areas of study. It is suggested that workshops with the aim of increasing computer literacy and library literacy of students and promoting research-oriented culture should be held in order to improve the level of information literacy of students.

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