International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

Vol. 7(1), pp. 1–9, January, 2019. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2018.082

Full Length Research

The study focuses on information seeking behavior and needs of undergraduate students of the College of Management Science (UCMS), Bells University of Technology, Ota. Nigeria (BUTON) as a case study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and the population of study consists of four hundred and twenty (420) purposefully selected UCMS. The Undergraduate 1nformation Seeking Behaviour and Needs Questionnaire (UISBNQ) was the research instrument used for data collection. Findings revealed that UCMS need information to pass examinations and test, coursework and assignment, health and football, personal development and general reading, hence majority visit the BUTON University Library (BUTONUL) regularly to use its resources. The search strategies employed are browsing and using internet resources (92.4%), lecture notes and reading list (82.4%), in addition to using databases CD-ROM and the library and its resources (62.3% and 61.4%) respectively. It is however, revealed that, seeking assistance from library staff and librarian recorded 32.4%. While, the challenges faced in seeking information includes non-conducive physical environment of the University library (75%), poor searching skills (80%), limited computer terminals and internet access (70%). Based on the aforementioned findings, it was recommended that undergraduates should be trained on how to search for information and they should continually seek assistant from library staff. Additionally, unlimited computer terminals, internet access and improved physical condition of BUTONUL is to be ensured by its management.

Keywords: Information seeking, Needs, undergraduates, Bells University Library, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Management Sciences
 

Cite This Article As: Towolawi, K.O. and Fawole, O.O. (2018). Information Seeking Behaviour and Need among Undergraduate Students of the College of Management Sciences, Bells University of Technology. Ota, Nigeria: A Case Study. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 7(1): 1-9