شناسائي نيازهاي اطلاعاتي دانشجويان دوره هاي تحصيلات تكميلي دانشگاه بوعلي سيناي همدان با تاكيد بر پايگاههاي اطلاعاتي در دسترس در اين دانشگاه

Determining the information needs of post-graduate students at Bu-Ali Sina University with emphasis on available electronic databases

Purpose: The present research aimed to determine the information needs of post-graduate students at Bu-Ali Sina University located in Hamedan, with emphasis on available electronic databases (including Rose net and Daneshyar). Methodology: The methodology was descriptive survey using a questionnaire, reliability of which was measured 0.85 based on Cronbachʹs alpha. Findings: The results revealed that the most important goal of students when searching for data is to find background information for their research tasks and projects. The Science direct/Elsevier database ranks first (89.2%) as the most used electronic database by the students, while Springer, ISI, Scoups, Proquest, ACS, Oxford Journals, Emerald, ASME, Ebsco, ASCE, IOP, and AMS rank 2nd to 13th respectively. Conclusions: The main obstacles of easy access to information are mentioned as: not enough knowledge of English language and the interruption of universities subscription in the case of some electronic databases. Keywords: Information needs; Postgraduate students; Electronic databases; Rose net digital library; Daneshyar databases; Bu-Ali Sina University; Hamedan.