Information Literacy Level and Research Attitude of Graduate Students at Capiz State University

Abstract

The study, a descriptive research was conducted to determine the information literacy level and research attitude of graduate students at Capiz State University; to find out if there are significant differences in the level of information literacy and research attitude of respondents when attitude is categorized into research usefulness, research anxiety, positive attitude, relevance to life and difficulty of research when grouped according to their profile. The study covered 134 graduate students enrolled during summer 2015. Findings of the study showed that the information literacy level is high and the research attitude of the graduate students is good. Male respondents belonging to ages between 41yrs old above, single and enrolled in Master in Public Administration and with a background in research work and thesis writing with always available internet access have high information literacy and at the same time have a good attitude towards research. Furthermore, the study showed that there were significant differences in the level of information literacy and research attitude when respondents were grouped according to the graduate program, background in research and the availability of internet connections. Hence, null hypotheses were rejected. There were a strong positive correlation and significant relationship between information literacy and research attitude.