Information Literacy Self-Efficacy of Information Technology Students in Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU)

Information literacy is the basis for lifelong learning, and it can also be seen as a set of cognitive and practical skills and like any other science, proper training is needed, and standard-based education is definitely better and evaluation would be easier. Information literacy skills, especially for the student in an environment that is full of information from multiple technologies are being developed is equally important. This study aimed to investigate and evaluate the information literacy self-efficacy (ILSE) of Information Technology undergraduate students at Eastern Mediterranean University. Furthermore, this research would create awareness for educationalist and help to recognize individuals with low self-efficacy of the expressed idea based on gender, age and study level, which may serve as a limiting factor for them to penetrate into their information literacy skills. The quantitative research method was employed in order to collect the data. Hence, the data were collected from 130 participants through the questionnaire in order to evaluate the students’ information literacy self-efficacy. The data were analyzed through SPSS software, version 22. Moreover, descriptive analysis, independent sample t-Test, and one-way ANOVA tests were used for evaluating the obtained data. The findings specify that there is a remarkable statistically significant difference on male and female students ILSE skills. Also, the results indicate that out of the three levels of Information Literacy Skills (ILS), Basic Information Literacy Skills (BILS) has the highest percentage compared to Intermediate and Advanced Information Literacy Skills (IILS and AILS). However, there is a significant difference in how students define and locate the information they need based on their study level and age. Finally, the study showed that students’ information literacy skills as the greatest impact were on increasing the ability to access information. Keywords: Information literacy, Information literacy skills, self-efficacy, information literacy self-efficacy, Undergraduate students.