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International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science Vol. 4(9), pp. 242–248, November, 2016. ISSN: 2360-7858 DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2016.056
Full Length Research
Awareness and Utilization of Electronic Resources by Students of Benson Idahosa University Benin City, Edo State Nigeria
1Osaheni Oni (CLN), 2John Odion Oshiotse and 3Aminu U. Momoh(CLN)
1Auchi Polytechnic Library, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. E-mail: chiefonism@yahoo.com 2M.sc library and Information science, Senior Oracle HRMS-Payroll Consultant. 3Head, Circulation unit, Auchi Polytechnic Library, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria
Accepted 17 November 2016
This study aim examined
Awareness and Utilization of Electronic Resources by Students of Benson
Idahosa University Benin City, Edo State. The study employed a
descriptive survey method and questionnaire was the instrument used for
data collection. The population for the study comprises of all the
registered students of Benson Idahosa University library. A sample size
of one hundred and twenty students (120) was selected using purposeful
sampling technique. It was revealed from the study that a majority of
the students of Benson Idahosa University are aware of e- resources.
E-books, e-journals, e-newspaper/magazine and Wikipedia are some of the
e–resources students of Benson Idahosa University consult frequently.
Majority of the students of Benson Idahosa University acquired their
e-resources use skills through personal efforts. A majority of students
of Benson Idahosa University use e-resources for research, for study,
for examination, for assignment and for pleasure. Lack of ICT
knowledge/skills, insufficient ICT facilities, information
overload/explosion, difficulties in reading from the screen and lack of
time are the major challenges militating against students of Benson
Idahosa University use of e-resources. The study recommends that The ICT
librarians should try as much as possible to assist the students by
educating them on how to use Boolean operators such as AND, OR and NOT
to restrict their search when using the general search engines and also
persuade the students to develop the habit of using professional or
subject databases such as HINARI, AGORA, EBSCO host etc. Cite This Article As: Oni O, Oshiotse JO, Momoh AU (2016). Awareness and Utilization of Electronic Resources by Students of Benson Idahosa University Benin City, Edo State Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 4(9): 242-248.
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