OVID ميزان مراجعه اعضاي هيات علمي دانشگاه هاي علوم پزشكي كشور به بانك اطلاعاتي

A survey of OVID databases use by academic stapps of medical universities

Introduction: One of the most important factors influencing research development is the ease and rate of different resources such as data banks. OVID, a well known electronic resource containing various set of databases is one of them .This survey was carried out to evaluate usage of OVID by academic members. Methods: Data was collected via Office of Statistics and Computer Services, Deputy ,for Research, Ministry of Health and Medical Education.The number of academic member of each university scats determined as an index to define variables as follow: daily use of academic members, use ofʹ database per capita and daily use of database per capita for Journals@ Ovid, MEDLINE, EBMR, PreMedline databases. Data collection period was 6 months. Results: On average each academic member search was 12.56 phrases in 125.56minutes in 5.23 sessions for 182 days. The daily use of all academic members was searching 15 phrases in 167 minutes in 7 sessions. Discussion: Prominent low usage of OVID raises hypothesis as low tendency for research, inappropriate facilities provided, use of other resources and poor information system performance ofʹ universities. KAP study performance is recommended for investigating causes of low usage among academic members.