Purpose

This paper aims to focus on the information literacy skills and how the resources are being used by medical students of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI), Pondicherry, India. The main aim is to determine the medical students use, purpose, search strategies and sources through which aware and literacy skills acquired. Further, this paper aims to bring out the problems faced.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey method was conducted through a structured questionnaire distributed among 120 medical students from first year to fourth year. Stratified random sampling was used for selection of students.

Findings

Findings of the study revealed that medical students largely used medical databases such as Bentham Sciences, ProQuest, PubMed and MedlinePlus. Further, the paper reveals that majority used health information for updating their knowledge and to acquire general information. The students’ information literacy level found minimal, which may be the reason majority of the students found difficulty in locating the desired materials followed by irrelevant information, inadequate e-resources and lack of awareness reported some extent.

Originality/value

The recommendations made based on the study are expected to be beneficial to the authorities and library administration of the surveyed institution to take appropriate measures for effective utilization of resources.

中文翻译：

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医学生使用电子资源的信息素养和知识能力评估

目的

本文旨在关注信息素养技能以及印度本地治里圣雄甘地医学院和研究所 (MGMCRI) 的医学生如何使用这些资源。主要目的是确定医学生使用、目的、搜索策略和来源，通过这些方法获得意识和识字技能。此外，本文旨在提出所面临的问题。

设计/方法/方法

采用结构化问卷的方式进行了调查，该问卷分布在 120 名医学生从一年级到四年级。分层随机抽样用于选择学生。

发现

研究结果显示，医学生主要使用边沁科学、ProQuest、PubMed 和 MedlinePlus 等医学数据库。此外，该论文揭示了大多数人使用健康信息来更新他们的知识并获取一般信息。学生的信息素养水平偏低，这可能是大部分学生在查找所需材料方面存在困难，其次是不相关信息、电子资源不足和意识缺乏的原因。

原创性/价值

基于该研究提出的建议预计将有利于被调查机构的当局和图书馆管理部门采取适当措施有效利用资源。