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Information Anxiety And Information Overload Of Undergraduates In Two Universities In South-West Nigeria, Olufemi J. Ojo Mr
Information Anxiety And Information Overload Of Undergraduates In Two Universities In South-West Nigeria, Olufemi J. Ojo Mr
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Information anxiety and information overload have no single generally accepted definition and term. They are all state based academic anxiety that serve as a barrier to the use of information particularly by students. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the influence of age and gender on information anxiety as well as information overload by undergraduates in University of Ibadan and Tai-Solarin University of Education in South-West Nigeria. The study population were 193 undergraduates in four faculties similar to both universities sampled using purposive and stratified random sampling technique with proportionate to sample while six hypotheses were formulated and …
Awareness And Use Of Web 2.0 Tools By Lis Students At University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria., Eberechukwu Monica Eze
Awareness And Use Of Web 2.0 Tools By Lis Students At University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria., Eberechukwu Monica Eze
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The study aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by Library and Information Science (LIS) students at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study adopted a descriptive survey method and questionnaire was used to collect data from 220 respondents. The results show that the LIS students of UNN are quite familiar with some Web 2.0 tools such as Social networking sites, Instant Messaging, blogs and Wikis, while, they are not familiar with tools such as RSS feeds, Podcasts, and social bookmarks. The study revealed that the most frequently used Web 2.0 tools are Facebook, …