A Survey on the information literacy of undergraduate students of Malek Ashtar University of Technology

The purpose of this research is to determine the level of information literacy among undergraduate students of Malek Ashtar university of Technology(Shahin Shahr-Isfahan).
The methodology of this research is survey –descriptive type using a questionnaire. The population under study was 250 students of Malek Ashtar University of Technology undergraduate students.
Findings: According to the research findings, the mean scores obtained among the population under study were: 3.45 for good understanding of information needs, 2.94 for information search strategies, 2.4 for location of information and access to information, 3.38 for use of information, 3.39 for combining new information with previous knowledge and 2.71 for evaluating the result of search process regarding how much it has satisfied their information needs.
Based upon the Eisenberg and Berkowitz’s Six big skills, the present research has identified the strengths of information literacy among Undergraduate students of Malek Ashtar university of Technology. It has been carried out to find and study whether Undergraduate students ofMalek Ashtar university of Technology are equipped with these skills and whether they feel the need to gain such skills. In total, the general results of study indicate the status of information literacy among Undergraduate students of Malek Ashtar university of Technology with mean score of 3.04 is medium.