Information literacy in higher education: a study with undergraduate students in Medicine of Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas in Rio Grande do Norte

Authors

  • Ismael Soares Pereira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino na Saúde. Natal, Brasil
  • José Diniz Júnior Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino na Saúde. Natal, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i1.1202

Keywords:

information competence, information seeking behavior, information management, review literature as topic, health education.

Abstract

The objective of the research in which this article bases on is to identify the information literacy of the undergraduate students of the Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas (pludisciplinary university of medical sciences) in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, in which the data collection was conceived through the application of questionnaires to 37 students. The results show that students know how to define the best keywords that represent the subject of a research problem. The students are accustomed to using library catalogs, yet they claim to have difficulty in searching the remote databases. The ignorance of the functionalities of the Boolean logical operators and of other research resources were identified as limitations to elaborate efficient search strategies. It is concluded that in order to improve the students’ information literacy it is necessary to integrate in the curriculum of the course a specific module that works to internalize this competence

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Published

2017-04-03

How to Cite

Pereira, I. S., & Diniz Júnior, J. (2017). Information literacy in higher education: a study with undergraduate students in Medicine of Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas in Rio Grande do Norte. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i1.1202

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

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Original articles

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