فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: The efficient use of libraries can be an important factor in determining theeducational quality of Universities. Therefore, investigation and identification of factors affectinglibrary anxiety becomes increasingly necessary. The purpose of this research is to determine thefactors effecting library anxiety of students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and ShirazUniversity of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This was an applied survey researchusing Bostick’s Library Anxiety questionnaire as data gathering tool. The statistical populationconsisted of all students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Shiraz University ofMedical Sciences (15011 students) with the sample size of 375 using stratified random sampling.The validity of data gathering tool was confirmed by experts in the library and informationscience and its reliability was determined by Cronbach’s alpha (r = 0.92). Descriptivestatistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t‑testand ANOVA) were used for data analysis using SPSS 18 software. Results: Findings showedthat the mean of library anxiety score was 2.68 and 2.66 for students of Isfahan Universityof Medical Sciences and Shiraz University of Medical Sciences respectively which is aboveaverage (2.5). Furthermore, age and gender had no meaningful effect on the library anxietyof students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, but gender had a meaningful effect onlibrary anxiety of students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences while age had no sucheffect. Conclusion: The results showed that the mean of factors effecting library anxiety instudents of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and students of Shiraz University of MedicalSciences is higher than average and therefore not satisfactory and only factors relating to feelingcomfortable in the library is lower than average and somewhat satisfactory.