Assessing the Information-Seeking Behaviour of Medical Students and Its Implications for Library and Information Services

Medical students need timely access to credible information, yet resource availability does not necessarily produce effective searching or critical appraisal. This article examines informationseeking behaviour and its implications for library and information services at Fins Medical University, Uganda, through an integrative review and descriptive secondary analysis. Twenty-nine scholarly, methodological and institutional sources were retained through structured webassisted retrieval and citation checking to 27 October 2026. Published counts were extracted from a Gulu University student survey, a Canadian medical-student survey and usage reports from five Ugandan medical schools. Percentages were recalculated using each source's stated denominator; heterogeneous populations and outcomes were not pooled. Among 56 incoming Gulu health-sciences students, 85.7% reported prior computer knowledge, compared with 60.7% reporting computer