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International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science Vol. 3(1), pp. 1–6, January. ISSN: 2360-7858 DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2014.044
Full Length Research
Factors Militating Against the Use of Digital Information Resources by Undergraduates in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria
Lucky Oghenetega Urhiewhu (M.LIS)-CLN
Department of Library and Information and Science, Madonna University Nigeria-Okija Campus Anambra State.
Accepted 29 December 2014
The research
work investigated the factors militating against the use of Digital
Information Resources (DIRs) by undergraduates in Delta and Edo States,
Nigeria. This study adopted descriptive survey research design. The
study was conducted in Federal and State University Libraries in Delta
and Edo states in the south- south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The
Federal and State Universities in the zone are located in Abraka, Benin
City, Ekpoma, and Ugbomro. The sample for the study comprised one
thousand and eighty-eight hundred (1,088) users drawn from four
universities. Purposive sampling technique was used to select two
universities from Delta and Edo states respectively. Proportionate
stratified sampling technique was used to select respondents from each
of the federal and state university libraries used for the study. The
instruments used for the collection of data was structured questionnaire
and Thereafter the copies of the final version of the questionnaire were
administered with the help of research assistant in each school to
undergraduates of the library as at the time of administration. The data
obtained for this study were analyzed and presented based on the
research question and hypothesis that guided the study. Descriptive
statistics was used to answer all the research questions and inferential
statistics was used in testing the hypothesis. The research hypothesis
was tested using Z- test method. Out of 1,088 questionnaires
distributed, 972 was duly completed and returned. This shows 89.5%
return rate. The researcher proffers solutions to the study. Cite This Article As: Urhiewhu LO (2015). Factors Militating Against the Use of Digital Information Resources by Undergraduates in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 3(1): 1-6.
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