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ISSN: 2360-7858 |
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Journal of Academic Library and Information Science |
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Vol. 8(6), pp. 190–195, July, 2020. ISSN: 2360-7858 DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2020.200
Research
The Awareness and Use of Indexes by Postgraduate Students of Babcock University
AKINDELE, Frederick Akinade1, OMOLE, Segun Michael2, ADEBAYO, Tajudeen Temitayo3, ADEPOJU, Kayode Olayiwola4 and ADEOJO, Michael Babatunde5
1PhD Student, Information Resources Management Department, School of Management Sciences, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. E-mail: akinstaar@gmail.com
2Assistant Director (Health Records Services), & HOD, Health Information Management, Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria. E-mail: segunmicheal@gmail.com
3Assistant Director (Health Records Services), & HOD, Health Information Management, Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Corresponding author's E-mail: adebayott@gmail.com
4Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State. E-mail: kayode_adepoju@yahoo.com
5PhD Student, Information Resources Management Department, School of Management Sciences, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. E-mail: mobadeojo@gmail.com
Accepted 9 July 2020
The study investigated the awareness and use of Indexes by Postgraduate Students of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study aimed to find out the extent of awareness, use and the challenges facing the use of indexes by post graduate students of Babcock University. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of all the postgraduate students of Babcock University. A sample of 150 postgraduate students was randomly selected from the entire population. Self-developed Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. 132 copies out of 150 questionnaires were successfully retrieved and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentages, mean and standard deviation. The study discovered that Majority of the post graduate students of Babcock University are not aware of the indexes. Most of the postgraduate students (more than 50% ) of Babcock University do no utilize indexes at all. Among others, it was concluded that substantial percentages of the Post graduate students of Babcock University are not aware of the indexes and most of them do no utilize indexes at all. With this in mind, one could conclude that generally, awareness and use of indexes has significantly affected their satisfaction with the library services. It was, recommended that Babcock University Library management should ensure that postgraduate students are given adequate orientation to increase their level of awareness of indexes. Postgraduate students of Babcock University should be encouraged, by the library, to make proper use of the various types of Indexes through various user- education programs.
Keywords: Awareness, Use, Indexes, library, Postgraduate Students and University
Cite This Article As: AKINDELE, F.A., OMOLE, S.M., ADEBAYO, T.T., ADEPOJU, K.O., ADEOJO, M.B. (2020). The Awareness and use of Indexes by Postgraduate Students of Babcock University. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 8(6): 190-195 |
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