AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DATABASES BY STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA

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dc.contributor.authorLAKAN, Lydia Endaben
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-13T14:35:17Z
dc.date.available2014-02-13T14:35:17Z
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.descriptionDEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA DECEMBER, 2007en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study was undertaken to determine the Availability and Utilization of Electronic Information Database by Staff of the Agricultural Complex, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Six research questions ranging from Types of electronic information database, Access to Electronic Information, Utilization of Electronic Information, Usefulness of electronic information, Satisfaction with electronic information provision and factors affecting the provision of electronic information and two hypotheses were investigated. The instruments used were questionnaire and documentary records. The data was treated using frequency distribution tables; percentage and mean scores. A survey method was used for the study. Stratified sampling method was used to select 209 respondents to accommodate the different strata of the subjects involved in the study. The questionnaires that were returned were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The study revealed that all the libraries and information centers subscribe to various CD-ROMs and Online databases. The study also recorded a high percentage of the respondents use electronic databases frequently. Reason for utilization of electronic information is the improvement in the quantity and quality of publication, as well as eliminating the problems of geographical location in the transfer of information. The study revealed a high level of satisfaction with the provision of electronic information services in the Complex. A number of factors that affect the provision and use of electronic information resources in the Agricultural Complex such as, power outages, slow Internet services and insufficient computers were highlighted. The study concluded that greater publicity need to be given to the many and varied sources of research information available, especially those that are available at no cost, so that more researchers become aware and make use of them.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1469
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION,en_US
dc.subjectELECTRONIC INFORMATION DATABASES,en_US
dc.subjectSTAFF,en_US
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMPLEX,en_US
dc.subjectAHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,en_US
dc.subjectZARIAen_US
dc.titleAVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DATABASES BY STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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