INFORMATION ANXIETY AMONG INTERNET USERS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
INFORMATION ANXIETY AMONG INTERNET USERS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
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2011-01
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ABDULKADIR, ALIYU
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This study investigates Information Anxiety among Internet Users in
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. To achieve the objectives of the study, five
research questions and five hypotheses were formulated and were answered
and tested. It examined among others; types of Internet access available,
kind of Internet resources used, reason for Internet use, types of anxiety
exhibited, causes of information anxiety among staff and students. The
research adopted survey method; instruments used were questionnaire and
online survey monkey. Stratified sampling technique was used to select
respondents to accommodate the different strata of the subjects involved in
the study. The data collected for the study were analyzed using both
descriptive and inferential statistics. Questionnaires that were returned were
analyzed using t-test Independent and percentages. The study discovered
that e-mail and e-journal were the most used Internet resources by academic
staff and the post graduate students. Research and learning, communication
and social networking are the major purpose of using the Internet by the
respondents. It was equally revealed that there is significant difference in the
causes and frequency of exhibiting anxiety between academic staff and post
graduate students in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The study concluded
that, both the Academic Staff and Postgraduate Students in Ahmadu Bello
University have realized the fact that Internet use is prerequisite for the
successful conduct of their research, learning and other scholarly functions
So therefore, librarians need to reevaluate user preferences concerning
information resources /facilities consulted and purpose of Internet search in
other to save the time of the users. It is recommended that users should make
it a habit of first checking the library’s webpage before any other site and
more computer/Internet training to be organise by the university.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
A.B.U ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER
OF LIBRARY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA.
JANUARY, 2011
Keywords
INFORMATION,, ANXIETY,, INFORMATION ANXIETY,, INTERNET USERS,, USERS,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,, ZARIA,