International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science

Vol. 5(5), pp. 144–152, August, 2017. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2017.021

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This study investigated the user education and computer literacy skills as determinants of electronic resources use among undergraduates in South-west, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was employed for this study. The results indicated that; nearly all the electronic resources were grossly not available and only few were available when the need arise; students had low frequency of usage as regard electronic library resources; there is a positive non-significant relationship between user education and the use of electronic resources among undergraduate students of state university in South-west Nigeria; there is a positive significant relationship between computer literacy and the use of electronic resources among undergraduate students of state university in South-west, Nigeria. It was recommended that; there should be an expansion of all existing computer departments in the universities to enable them produce more of computer literacy, libraries should employ professionally trained and competent librarians who should be sent periodically to seminar and workshops to update their knowledge and the library should strive to equip their students with sufficient practical skill to make them self-reliant in the global market of unemployment.

Keywords: User education, Computer literacy skills, Electronic resources use, Undergraduate students, State universities

 

Cite This Article As: Apotiade JK (2017). User Education and Computer Literacy Skills as Determinants of Electronic Resources Use Among Undergraduate Students in State Universities in South-West, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 5(5): 144-152

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