Vol. 12(2), pp. 32 --38 March, 2024. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2024060

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine whether postgraduate students at Anambra state institutions used online information resources more frequently when they had information and communication technology (ICT) abilities. Three research questions were asked. The correlational research design was used for the study and the population of the study was 6,150 postgraduate students from six (5) universities in Anambra State, Nigeria for the study. The sample of the study is 615 respondents. The researcher used a proportionate random sampling technique to select the number of students from the six (5) universities in Anambra State, Nigeria for the study. The instruments that were used for this study are “Information and Communication Technology Skills” (ICTS) and “Utilization of Online Information Resources” (OIR). The findings of the study revealed that: there is a high coefficient of relationship between utilization of online electronic resources and ICT skill possession by postgraduate students of the universities in Anambra State; there is a very high coefficient of relationship between utilization of online public access catalogue (OPAC) and ICT skill possession by postgraduate students of the universities in Anambra State; there is a very high coefficient of relationship between utilization databases and ICT skill possession by postgraduate students of the universities in Anambra State.

 

Keywords: ICT, Skills, Usage, Online Information Resources, Postgraduate, Students and Universities.

 

	Cite This Article As: Nzewi, A.N. (2024). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills and Usage of Online Information Resources by Postgraduate Students of Universities. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 12(2):32-38