The investigation of scholar librarians role in providing information resources of Nursing and Midwifery Students projects in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of scholar librarians in collecting Information resources for research projects nursing and midwifery students in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences.

Type and method of research is descriptive and survey. The statistical population of the study is all nursing and midwifery students studying in 2015 year. According to Krejcie and Morgan's table for 570 people, 225 people were selected as the sample size. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data and Cronbach's alpha Obtained 0.967. In descriptive statistics, frequency, frequency Percent and Mean and in inferential statistics were used for comparing the qualitative variables of the Chi square test and the quantitative variables of the t-test. Data were analyzed by SPSS16.

The findings showed that 34% agree that a Scholar librarian can help in educating and responding to student information needs. 29% agree that a Scholar librarian offers services that help design proposals for research projects. 26% agree that a Scholar librarian is trying to provide the students necessary information resources to develop research projects. 34% agree that a Scholar librarian is trying to serve students in selecting and retrieving sources in designing research projects. Also, 26% agree that a Scholar librarian is aware of student problems in drafting proposals for research projects.

Librarians as researchers of information resources play an important role in the design of student research projects. Scholar librarians play an important role in the provision and retrieval of information resources and familiarity with search strategies.