ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
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ABSTRACT
This study examined Access and Utilization of Electronic Information Resources by Undergraduate Students in University Libraries in Gombe State, Nigeria. Five research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested with respect to the type of electronic information resources; what types of electronic information resources are available for undergraduate students in university libraries in Gombe State; to what extent undergraduate students access electronic information resources in university libraries in Gombe state, to what extent are undergraduate students satisfied with electronic information resources in university libraries in Gombe State, what are the challenges faced by undergraduate students in accessing EIRs in university libraries in Gombe State. A Cross- sectional survey research design was adopted for the study, a total of 2,970 registered undergraduate students were used as the population and 297 registered undergraduate students library users were selected for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. The data collected were presented and analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and T-test for the hypotheses. The study found among others that types of electronic information resources available in university libraries in Gombe State are E-books, TEEAL, HINARI, AGORA, etc with electronic books having the highest response rate; undergraduate students in the Universities in Gombe State accessed Electronic Books, CD-ROMs, Science Direct, Emagazines, etc to the high extent. The study concluded that the types of electronic information resources available in university libraries in Gombe State are: E-books, TEEAL, HINARI, AGORA, JSTOR, E-journals, OARE, Science Direct, CD-ROMs, E-newspapers, E-magazines. Lastly, this study recommended among others that, Since electronic books are available in all the universities studied, the university libraries management in Gombe State should intensify the availability of other types of EIRs especially CD-ROMs by supplying more through purchase or library consortium between the two libraries.
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