title: Determining the level of awareness of the physicians in using the variety of electronic information resources and the effecting factors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Understanding of the medical society's from the types of information resources for quick and easy access to information is an imperative task in medical researches and management of the treatment. The present study was aimed to determine the level of awareness of the physicians in using various electronic information resources and the factors affecting it.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a descriptive survey. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The study population included all the physicians and specialty physicians of the teaching hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and numbered 350. The sample size based on Morgan's formula was set at 180. The content validity of the tool was confirmed by the library and information professionals and the reliability was 95%. Descriptive statistics were used including the SPSS software version 19.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On reviewing the need of the physicians to obtain the information on several occasions, the need for information in conducting the researches was reported by the maximum number of physicians (91.9%) and the usage of information resources, especially the electronic resources, formed 65.4% as the highest rate with regard to meeting the information needs of the physicians. Among the electronic information databases, the maximum awareness was related to Medline with 86.5%. Among the various electronic information resources, the highest awareness (43.3%) was related to the E-journals. The highest usage (36%) was also from the same source. The studied physicians considered the most effective deterrent in the use of electronic information resources as being too busy and lack of time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the importance of electronic information resources for the physician's community, there was no comprehensive knowledge of these resources. This can lead to less usage of these resources. Therefore, careful planning is necessary in the hospital libraries in order to introduce the facilities and full capabilities of the mentioned resources and methods of information retrieval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papi
authors.affiliation: Department of Scientometrics, Vice Chancellery of Research and Technology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Roghayeh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghazavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Sciences, School of Humanities, Payame-Noor University, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Salimeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moradi
keywords: Educational hospitals; electronic information resources; physicians