بررسي عوامل موثر بر مهارت هاي جستجوي پيوسته دانشجويان تحصيلات تكميلي دانشگاه شيراز

The Survey of Factors Influencing Online Search Skills of Graduate Students of Shiraz University

This study attempts to measure online search skills among graduate students of Shiraz University and to determine their ability in using them. According to the previous studies and available sources in this Held, seven online search skills which were the most useable ones and also current skills were selected for this study. Also 10 factors which influence these skills were determined to be measured. In this survey a questionnaire was used for data collection. Findings revealed that among these seven skills, dale limiting skill had the highest score but proximity skill was at the lowest level. Also among 10 factors influencing skills, findings showed that: age, internet interest and using scientific databases had significant differences with the score of search skills. Furthermore, engineering students had better skills compared to Humanities. In other words, there were significant differences between these two groups.