چکیده:
This research attempted to study the reading behavior of graduate students in
digital environment at University of Isfahan through 2008-2009. Different
elements such as types of electronic resources, reading methods, amounts of note
taking, amounts of printing and the advantages of using the electronic resources
are being discussed. The paper employs descriptive survey research method to
answer the questions. Data needed for research was gathered through a
researcher-made questionnaire based on the related literature and Liu's
questionnaire (2005). The statistical population used in this research consisted of
the graduate students of seven departments in University of Isfahan and stratum
random sampling was applied. The findings showed that students make use of
different types of electronic resources. They tend to take notes from printed
material and print electronic resources. They scan when they read from
computer monitors. The highest advantage of reading electronic resources is
acquiring update information and remote access while the least significant
advantage is the ease of reading on the computer screens.
خلاصه ماشینی:
ir Abstract This research attempted to study the reading behavior of graduate students in digital environment at University of Isfahan through 2008-2009.
Keywords: Digital Environment, Electronic Media, Printed Media, Reading Behaviors, University of Isfahan, Graduate Students.
Also, the wide accessibility of digital information has increased the time spent on reading electronic documents (Liu, 2005; Ramirez, 2003).
Development of digital libraries and electronic resources has resulted in tendency of people to less in-depth as well as more inconsequent and non- concentrated reading (Levy, 1997).
So, in the present study, the changes in reading media based on different elements such as types of electronic resources, reading methods, amounts of note taking, amounts of printing and the advantages of using the electronic resources are studied among the students of the University of Isfahan.
The magnitude of accessible digital information has increased the time spent on reading electronic documents, and reading on screen display is flourishing.
C) Amount of Annotation Table 6 The Percentage of Annotation in Electronic and Printed Resources {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} According to Table 6, the highest and lowest amounts of annotation when reading the electronic resources correspond to the levels “low” and “very high”, which had frequencies of 98 persons (34.
So, according to Table 10 and regarding reading the electronic resources, the highest (5) and lowest (1) priorities for the advantage of 24-hour access had frequencies of 111 persons (38.