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标题：Information Retrieval Skills and Use of Library Electronic Resources by University Undergraduates in Nigeria
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作者：Margaret-Mary Ekenna ; Mabawonku Iyabo
期刊名称：Information and Knowledge Management
印刷版ISSN：2224-5758
电子版ISSN：2224-896X
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：9
页码：6-14
语种：English
出版社：International Institute for Science, Technology Education
摘要：There is an increase in provision of electronic resources in Nigerian university libraries, yet studies have revealed that there is low use of the resources by undergraduates and this is due to lack of information retrieval skills. Hence, the study, tried to find the impact of information retrieval skills on students’ utilisation of electronic resources in university libraries in Nigeria. The study focused on ten universities in Nigeria. The descriptive research design was adopted and multistage sampling technique was used for the study. Three faculties were purposively selected from the universities while two departments each were randomly selected from the faculties. A questionnaire, (Information Retrieval Skills and Utilisation of Electronic Resources) was used. Two research questions were posed and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Informational retrieval skills, operational retrieval skills and strategic retrieval skills correlated significantly with students’ utilisation of electronic resources for research. The data showed that undergraduates lacked requisite skills for the use of e-resources.
关键词：Information Retrieval Skills; Library; Electronic resources; Undergraduates; Nigeria.