Adebayo, Oyeronke and Owolabi, Shola Emmanuel and Fagbohun, Michael and Itsekor , Victoria (2015) INFORMATION NEEDS AND MOST PREFERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. Ebonyi Joumal of Library aud luformatiou Science, 2 (1). pp. 192-202.
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Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the information needs and most preferred source of information of undergraduate students in a Nigerian university of technology. Students in their second and third years of study in the departments of Estate Management and Architecture both in the school of Environmental Technology in Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) were surveyed. An adopted questionnaire was used to gather data for this study. The questionnaire was randomly distributed to the students in these departments thereby giving equal opportunity of being selected as part of the survey. Two hundred and fifty seven (257) copies of the questionnaire were distributed, two hundred and twenty (220) were returned but two hundred and three (203) representing response rate of 80% were found usable for data analysis. The result of the findings was analysed using simple percentages and is represented in charts. The study found out that the undergraduate students'
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Information Needs, Information Seeking Behaviour, Sources of Information, Undergraduate Students, Academic Libraries |
| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2017 11:44 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2018 14:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/8582 |
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