LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND USE OF REFERENCE SOURCES AND SERVICES BY STUDENTS OF SUMMIT UNIVERSITY OF OFFA
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research examined the level of Awareness and use of Reference Sources and Services by Students of Summit University Offa. The university libraries have long been recognized as the hearts of their universities. Therefore, library plays a unique role in the academic life of the university. It supports and enriches the university’s mission and vision to foster innovative teaching and learning. The specific objective were to examine the uses of reference sources by students in Summit university, to ascertain the students’ level of awareness of reference sources and the reference services rendered in Summit University Library, to ascertain the frequency of use of reference services provided in Summit University library, to find out the students’ level of use of the reference sources and services rendered in the library; and to Identify the challenges militating against the students’ use of reference sources and services. Three hundred and fifty (350) online questionnaires (google form) were distributed, only two hundred and eighty three (283) were able to use for this research. The descriptive survey method was adopted for this study and it was conducted based on guided objectives of the study which were also the research questions for the study.
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