Published on March 2017 | Electronic Resources, Research and Development

Accessibility and Utilization of Electronic Information Resources By Postgraduate Students of Federal University Dutse for Research and Development

The study examines the relationships between accessibility and utilization of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) and its influence on Research Development of Postgraduate Students in Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State – Nigeria using a Correlation Survey Design. Questionnaire was adapted and used on a sampled 212 postgraduate students and a returned rate of 197 (92.90%) was used for the analysis in this study. The study found out that the major mode of accessibility of EIRs by postgraduate students is through personal MODEM and/or commercial center's network (3.72 mean mark) few respondents access EIRs from the E-Library (1.28 mean mark). The study found out that there is a very high Electronic Literacy Skill among the postgraduate students who can conveniently access needed information from EIRs (3.18) the study also found out that EIRs facilitate faster, easier and convenient access to relevant information (3.78), Increase richness of work thereby enhancing research productivity (3.51 mean mark). The inferential analysis using a Parametric Linear Regression Analysis shows that there is weak positive relationship between Accessibility of EIRs and Research Development with a coefficient of 0.293 while the correlations between the Utilization of EIRs and Research Development(0.694) and Information Literacy Skills and Research Development (0.710) are very strong and have statistically significant correlations.