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Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

The rapid proliferation of information in the present era has important implications for the education and library usage of health professionals including medical students. The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of library resources among first and third year medical students in the F...

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Main Authors: Sahak, Mohd Dasuki, Masrek, Mohamad Noorman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48071/1/48071.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48071/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814028390
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spelling my.upm.eprints.480712016-08-04T08:47:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48071/ Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia Sahak, Mohd Dasuki Masrek, Mohamad Noorman The rapid proliferation of information in the present era has important implications for the education and library usage of health professionals including medical students. The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of library resources among first and third year medical students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FPSK), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) from July 2009 until April 2010. Adopting a survey research methodology involving 205 students, the findings suggest that the three mostly used library resources are the Internet, newspaper and library websites while the three mostly used facilities are computer, reading area and discussion room. In addition, it is also found that there is no significant difference between male and female in most of the resources usage. In contrast, significant difference could be observed between Year1 and Year 3 in most of the resources usage. The significance of the study could be assessed from both theoretical and practical perspective. Elsevier 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48071/1/48071.pdf Sahak, Mohd Dasuki and Masrek, Mohamad Noorman (2014) Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 129. pp. 127-132. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814028390 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.657
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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description The rapid proliferation of information in the present era has important implications for the education and library usage of health professionals including medical students. The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of library resources among first and third year medical students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FPSK), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) from July 2009 until April 2010. Adopting a survey research methodology involving 205 students, the findings suggest that the three mostly used library resources are the Internet, newspaper and library websites while the three mostly used facilities are computer, reading area and discussion room. In addition, it is also found that there is no significant difference between male and female in most of the resources usage. In contrast, significant difference could be observed between Year1 and Year 3 in most of the resources usage. The significance of the study could be assessed from both theoretical and practical perspective.
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author Sahak, Mohd Dasuki
Masrek, Mohamad Noorman
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Masrek, Mohamad Noorman
Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
author_facet Sahak, Mohd Dasuki
Masrek, Mohamad Noorman
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title Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_short Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_full Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_fullStr Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in Universiti Putra Malaysia
title_sort library usage of medical students: a comparative analysis of first year and third year students in universiti putra malaysia
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48071/1/48071.pdf
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814028390
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