Awareness and Utilization of Library Electronic Resources among Postgraduate Students of School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna

Abstract

The study investigates the awareness and utilization of library electronic resources Postgraduate students of School Engineering and Engineering Technology minna Niger state. Design/methodology/Approach A descriptive method has been used in this research. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed but 105 were returned duly filled. The collected data were analyzed using Simple Percentile analysis to generate tables and to arrive at conclusion. The study covers the Postgraduate students of School Engineering and Engineering Technology Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State from all departments and was limited to utilization of library electronic resources among Postgraduate students of School Engineering and Engineering Technology, Minna, Niger State. The finding revealed that 37% of respondents are from chemical engineering department, followed by 24% of respondents are from mechanical engineering department, 20% of respondents are from electrical engineering department, 11% are from Agric and bio-resources engineering department and only 8% of respondents are from civil engineering. 63% of respondents are aware of online resources while only 37%of them are not aware. (29%)and(23%) of the respondents use E-Thesis/Dissertations and E-Journals respectively followed by 13% who use %e-magazines It is followed by use of E- Database and E- Books 15(13%) respectively; e-magazines 11(10%) while only 14(12%) responses indicated that they use all of the e-resources listed respondents access E- resource twice a week while6(5%)of them fall under occasionally. 37(32%)of them fall under daily whereas 15(13%) of them use e-resources once in a week.(44%)are satisfied with all resources they are getting from all the library identified sources. Similarly, 20(17%) indicated they were fully satisfied while only14(12%) and 31 (27%) indicated that they are less satisfied and dissatisfied respectively. 54% of respondents faced problem of low Internet access speed which consume a lot of their time to retrieve the relevant information.