Undergraduates’ Use of Print Information Resources for Academic Activities in Universities libraries in Rivers state
- Author Maryjane Chidi Efemini
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- Country : Nigeria
- Subject : Library and Information Science
Keywords : Undergraduates’, Information Resources, Print Information Resources, Universities Libraries
Abstract
This study examined the extent of undergraduates’ use of electronic information resources in University libraries in Rivers State. Two research questions guided the study, while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 4,200 registered undergraduate library users from three universities in Rivers State. The sample size consisting of 350 undergraduates was drawn using proportionate random sampling technique. The research instrument adopted was the questionnaire. Simple mean was used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that the extent of undergraduates’ use print information resources in university libraries in Rivers state is moderate. Recommendations made include that university libraries should create more awareness on the use of library and library resources, proper information retrieval education should be introduced to enable users have easy access to information resources. The library and librarians should collaborate with management and government in the provision of all the necessary facilities that will enable effective utilization of library resources by undergraduates in the universities. Collection development in the university libraries should be geared towards making more provision for print information resources since it has been observed to be used more by undergraduates in their research and assignments. Libraries and Librarians should create awareness on the existence of other information resources apart from books and journals since the present study has shown that apart from books and journals other information resources were hardly consulted during academic activities by undergraduates.
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