title: Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study evaluated medical students' familiarity with information literacy and informatics during the health sciences library orientation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was fielded at the start of the 2013 school year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-two of 77 students (94%) completed the survey. Over one-half (57%) expected to use library research materials and services. About half (43%) expected to use library physical space. Students preferred accessing biomedical research on laptops and learning via online-asynchronous modes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The library identified areas for service development and outreach to medical students and academic departments.
authors.forename: Joshua E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Daina R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bouquin
authors.forename: Lyubov L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tmanova
authors.forename: Drew
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019295:Computational Biology; D003197:Computer Literacy; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D058980:Information Literacy; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009519:New York City; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Computational Biology; Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Information Literacy; Medical Informatics; Students, Medical