Information behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates in the World of Web 2.0

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dc.contributor.authorZinn, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorKrubu, Dorcas
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T12:42:56Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T12:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to investigate the information behaviour ofNigerian undergraduates in the world of Web 2.0 at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria. The study is drawn from a doctoral thesis that used a mixed methods approach. The population and sample of the study was a total of 803 undergraduate students. Three research questions which focused on the information needs, information resources and infrastructure and barriers to information seeking were answered using a questionnaire. The study revealed that students need information both for academic purposes and in their everyday life experiences. The data provides support for the convenience school of thought. It seems that time constraints and the inconvenience of traditional sources might be critical factors in the choices that students make in their information seeking.The barriers students experience are both physical and intellectual. The physical barriers relate to technical issues such as the system freezing, server down time, access speed, and erratic power supply. The intellectual barriers concern their inability to choose appropriate subject headings, keywords, formulating search strategies, and choosing appropriate databases.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationKrubu, D. & Zinn, S. 2018. Information behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates in the World of Web 2.0. Innovation, 53 (1):115-139.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1025-8892
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-104e0526d1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/4923
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInnovationen_US
dc.subjectWeb 2.0en_US
dc.subjectInformation behaviouren_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.titleInformation behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates in the World of Web 2.0en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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