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

Abstract

The study investigates the awareness and utilization of library electronic resources among Postgraduate students of School Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. Design/methodology/Approach. A descriptive method has been used in this research. A total of 50questionnairesdistributedbutl05werereturnedduly 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 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%oofrespondentsare 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%ofthemarenotaware.(29%)and(23%) of the respondents use E- Thesis/Dissertations and E-Journals respectively followed by 13% who use %e-magazines It use Database and E- Books 15(13%) respectively; e-magazines 11(10/o)while only 14(12%) responses indicated that they use all of the e-resources listed V f.-f d e n t s access E - resources twice a week while 6(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 e-resources they are getting from all the library identified sources. Similarly, 20(17%) indicated they were fully satisfied one only 14(12%) and 31(27%) indicated that they are less satisfied and dissatisfied 3 54% of respondents faced problem of low Internet access speed which consume a lot °J their time to retrieve the relevant information.