Usage of databases and the information literacy of students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Given the area of their research, the students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) need the latest scientific information from both domestic and foreign journals. That is why the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports has provided them with the access to various databases of scientific and technical journals. Furthermore, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is a provider of one of the most important databases for engineers - IEEE Explore. Students can access these databases either from their homes or from the Faculty premises; they can also attend seminars on information retrieval. The goal of this article is presenting the research on students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, their usage of available databases and their familiarity with the search tools for those databases.