Survey on the level of information literacy of different educational groups of Zone 5 of Islamic Azad University

This research aims to investigate the level of Information literacy of different groups of students in Zone 5 of Islamic Azad University in order to identify weaknesses and strengths of them the statistical society includes 485 students: 294males and 164 females. The research method is survey and the information is gathered via questionnaire according to Eisenberg and Berkowitz.The questionnaire consists of 64 questions. Spss is used for data analysis. The results show that the majority of research population is men with the bachelor degree. Also the citation skill of the students to printed and electronic resources< regarding copy right, consulting with experts in information retrieval, accessing information, organizing and abstracting, evaluating the information retrieved, the ability to combine new information with the older ones, using information appropriate technology, and identifying their needs is higher than the average, but the skill of using information data bases – on line or offline, the facilities of search engines, discussion and news groups, acquaintance with information resources, using electronic search tools is lower than average. The level of information literacy of students of zone 5 is rather good and acceptable. It is suggested that some workshops would be held for acquaintance with databases: online and offline, search engines, search tools.