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The objective was to evaluate the perception of the informational literacy competences of the university students of the Peruvian Amazon. The investigation was developed under a quantitative approach, the design was non-experimental and cross-sectional descriptive type. The sample was made up of 707 students to whom the Informational Literacy Competences Questionnaire was given, an instrument with an adequate level of content validity and reliability. According to the results, the level of development of the informational literacy competencies of 37.5% of students was low, 35% was medium, and 27.5% was high. Likewise, the dimensions of information retrieval, information assessment and information processing were also valued at a low level. However, the information communication dimension of information was valued at a medium level. On the other hand, it was found that the level of informational literacy competences was significantly associated with the year of study in which the students were (p<0.05). It was concluded that the level of development of the informational literacy competencies that characterized the students was low.
Estrada-Araoz et al. (Thu,) studied this question.