Students’ Attitude as a Correlate of Electronic Resources Utilisation in the University of Uyo Library

Abstract

The study examined students’ attitude as a correlate of electronic resources utilization in the university of Uyo Library. The main purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between students’ attitude and utilization of electronic resources. The study also sought to ascertain if gender, and level of study affects student’s attitude to and utilization of e-resources. Survey research design was adopted for the study and a total of 200 undergraduate library users were accidentally sampled for the study. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire administered to 200 students of University of Uyo leading to 100% response rate. Mean, standard deviation, pearson product moment correlation, regression and independent t-test was used to answer the research question and test hypothesis. The findings revealed that student’s attitude has no significant relationship with utilization of electronic resources (0.00<0.01). The study further revealed that gender (0.303>0.05, 0.868>0.05) and level of study (0.688>0.05) do not significantly affect students’ attitude towards utilization of electronic resources. The study recommended among other things that libraries should provide, sensitization, orientation and workshops to improve students attitude towards utilization of electronic resources.