MOBILE INTERNET DEVICE AS DETERMINANTS OF THE UTILIZATION OF LIBRARY RESOURCES BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The study assesses the Mobile Internet Device as Determinants of the Utilization of Library Resources by Undergraduate Students in Edo State. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows to: find out the types of mobile resources available for undergraduate students’ use, evaluate the extent to which the undergraduates make use of the mobile sources of information, find out the frequency of usage of mobile resources by the undergraduates, find out the benefits being derived by the undergraduates from the use of mobile information resources, ascertain the purpose for which the undergraduates use the mobile resources, and investigate the factors that hinder the use of mobile resources by the undergraduate students. The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. A total of 150 (one hundred and fifty) respondents were selected for this study to represent the entire population of the study. For null hypotheses were formulated and tested using the one-way ANOVA and the t-test statistical tools at 0.05 level of significance. Primary data were collected from the primary source which questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection while secondary data were sources from textbooks, journals, newspapers and the internet were employed. The data were presented on a frequency distribution table and analyzed using simple percentage, while hypothesis was tested using chi-square test. The result of this study may be beneficial to the government (policy makers, individuals), universities, library and library users. It may enable the policy makers to formulate appropriate policies that may enhance the type of information resources to be donated or bought for the library.