فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Nowadays, no student can ever pursue the ends of his studies unless he makesuse of his information literacy skills. To become lifelong learners, they do need these skills.Information literacy is a set of information needed for searching, retrieval, evaluating, andmaking best use of information. This study uncovers the relationship between informationliteracy and academic performance among students at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods: This is a practical study using a survey method. All MA studentsin Isfahan University of Medical Sciences make the statistical population for this study,according to the sample size determined by using Cochran formula 265 samples that wereselected by stratified random sampling. Data collection was through information literacyquestionnaires designed by Davarpanah and Siamak, verified by Library and InformationSciences experts; and finally, gave a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.83. To determine academicperformance, the average scores of the students in previous semesters were considered.Results: The information literacy of all other students was significantly higher than mediumexcept for students at Nursing and Nutrition faculties. The students of Management andInformation Sciences faculty had the highest level of information literacy and students ofnutrition faculty were attributed with the least level. There was no significant differencebetween male and female students’ information literacy. We also found out that there wasa significant positive relationship between information literacy and students’ academicperformance in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Conclusion: Information literacy isone of the most important factors that leads to educational success. As there is a significantpositive relationship between information literacy and students’ academic performance,we should necessarily provide them with relative skills dealing with information literacy toimprove their academic performance.