Web-Based Information Retrieval Pattern of Medical Students
| dc.contributor.author | K, Mohamed Haneefa | |
| dc.contributor.author | M, Jina E | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-07T10:47:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-07T10:47:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-03-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess the web-based information retrieval pattern of the students of Calicut Medical College, Kerala. Structured questionnaires were employed to collect data from a representative sample of 100 MBBS students. The study found that a majority of the students often use the web for communication and to get general information and recent advances in Medicine. A good number of the students use web-mail and social networking sites very frequently. All the students use simple search methods for accessing the web. Google is the most preferred search engine followed by Yahoo. Only a very few of the students use e-journals and databases. Lack of training/orientation, lack of computer infrastructure, lack of fulltext e-journals and low Internet backbone speed are the major reasons of underutilization of web-based information resources. The findings of this study would assist medical institutions in India to develop strategies and policies that could make better use of web-based information resources for medical education and research. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-93-81232-00-2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1608 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Inflibnet Centre | en_US |
| dc.subject | E-Resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | Retrieval Pattern | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information Seeking Behaviour, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Word Wide Web(WWW) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Medical Students | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kerala | en_US |
| dc.title | Web-Based Information Retrieval Pattern of Medical Students | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |