Availability, Accessibility, and Use of Electronic Information Resources among Undergraduate Students in Fountain University Library, Osogbo
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2020-05
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Journal of Library and Information Sciences
Abstract
This study investigated the availability, accessibility, and use of electronic information resources among
undergraduate students in Fountain University Library, Osogbo. Survey research design was deployed,
while quantitative research method was adopted using questionnaire for data gathering. The population of
the study was nine hundred and fourteen (914), where a sample size of two hundred and seventy-eight
(278) was determined using Research Advisors Table. Questionnaire was administered on the sample size
and the data gathered were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings discovered that eLibrary is
available with functional twenty (20) All-in-One Computer Workstations. It was revealed that OPAC,
EbiscoHost, Research4Life, ScienceDirect, and e-resources (textbooks and journals) on Nursing, Law,
Medical Laboratory Science, and Public Health are available. Few e-resources for all other twelve
programmes in the university are also available in the eLibrary. Findings discovered that, e-references,
CD-ROM, e-bibliography and e-archives were not available. It was also discovered that the available
electronic information resources, though, accessible, but were not sufficientfor adequate use by the
respondents. Considerably, majority of the respondents have a positive perception of electronic
information resources and services. The study recommended that there should be acquisition of more
data bases in addition to those in use, as well as, subscription to more e-resources, especially books and
journals, which will cut across all the twelve programmes in the university. This will improve patronage
and satisfaction of the patrons in order to justify the huge amount invested in the project.