بررسي ميزان رضايت از مراكز اطلاع رساني، مجلات الكترونيكي و پايگاه هاي اطلاعاتي تخصصي، و رابطۀ آن ها با سن و رتبۀ علمي اعضاي هييت علمي

Satisfaction with Information Centers, E-Journals and Specilized Databases and their Correlation with the Age and Academic Rank of Faculty Members

The present study intends to study the extent of utilization of information centers and e-jouraals as well as satisfaction rate and to correlate these with age and academic status of faculty members at medical schools in Iranian medical universities. A questionnaire was used for data collection. 700 faculty members were selected using regular random sampling. Results indicate that faculty members use e-joumals more than printed journals. Satisfaction rate with databases as well as their utilization is high. Digital libraries are used heavily for document access. A combination of digital library and print library comes sccond, followed by using print libraries exclusively. The study further demonstrates that there is a link between variables such as age and using e-joumals, age and using information centers, age and satisfaction with specialized databases. There was no correlation between academic status and e-joumal usage, academic status and satisfaction with electronic databases and academic ranking with using information centers.