Digital information resources utilization by postgraduate students in three states owned universities, Nigeria

Abstract

The research work on digital information resources utilization by postgraduate students in three states owned universities, Nigeria. The research design used for this study is descriptive survey design. The Universities are: University of Medical Sciences, Ondo Town, (UNIMED) Delta State University, Abraka and Chukwumeka Odumegwu, Ojukwu University, (COOU). Anambra. The sample size for this study is 175 which is the same as the population size. Thus, it is a total enumeration sampling. The instruments used for the collection of data are observation check list and structured questionnaire. Observation check list for research question one. The data obtained from retrieved copies of the questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics and One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) F-test associated with multiple linear correlation was used to test hypothesis. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings include that some electronic Information Resources (EIRs) were available in the university libraries visited by the researchers are the following: e-conference papers, e-zines, e-newsletters ereference materials, e-projects, e-journals, e-seminar papers, e-books and e-dissertation. The findings also revealed that students make use of EIRs to a low extent. The constraints encountered by students towards the accessibility of DIRs in the three libraries are epileptic power supply, none availability of online databases, lack of formal training in Internet skills among students, slow bandwidth, network problems and server slowness. There was moderate positive relationship between accessing and extent of utilization in university libraries in three states owned, Nigeria.