INFORMATION NEEDS AND MOST PREFERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Adebayo, oyeronke and Owolabi, Sola and Fagbohun, Michael and Itsekor, V.O. (2015) INFORMATION NEEDS AND MOST PREFERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. EBONYI JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 2 (1). ISSN 2488 -894X

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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' URCES OF TS IN A iY Ferred source of ts in their second 'h in the school of ~re surveyed. An e was randomly 7eing selected as 'distributed, two ~response rate of ed using simple 2duate students' information needs are mainly centred on academic and allied social issues, and they mostly preferred to use the Internet to address their information needs. It was recommended that the library put in place a 24 hour internet service so as to combat the challenge of having long queues at the media centre and cyber cafes

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