Issues in use of web-based information resources by public polytechnic students in southwestern Nigeria

Q3 Decision Sciences

Journal of Management Information and Decision Science Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI:10.26524/jms.13.29

None John Adeboye Oyeboade, None Adetutu Fatimo Talabi, None Taiwo Hope Odeyemi, None Mutiat Yewande Salvador, None Kehinde Joy Makinde

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Abstract

Many Nigerian polytechnic libraries seem not subscribe to or renew their subscriptions to Web-based Information Resources (WBIR) databases despite its increasing popularity in the academic world. Hence, the study was aimed to look into recurring issues in the use of WBIR by public polytechnic students in Southwestern Nigeria. Six public polytechnics out of the 16 offering Higher National Diploma (HND) programmemes were selected by stratified random sampling to reflect federal and stage polytechnics. Proportionate to size sampling technique was used to select 1,463 HND students. The instruments used were WBIR use for Academic Tasks (α=0.98), and Challenges of WBIR Use (α=0.84) scales. Data were analysed using proportionate and descriptive statistics. Majority of the respondents 709(51.1%) listed Google as the major search engine used. Others indicated a combination of Google and other search engines like Google, and Bing (71 or 5.1%), Chrome, Google, and Operamini (71 or 5.1%). Wikipedia (136 or 9.8%), and Myschool.com 55 (4.0%)are commondatabase/website used by the students.Challenges to WBIR use include high cost of accessibility (α=2.73) and download delay (α=2.64).Public polytechnic students in Southwestern Nigeria used web-based information resources, especially obtainable through Google search engine and Wikipedia.Information literacy programs at polytechnic libraries should not be taken lightly.

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尼日利亚西南部公立理工学院学生使用网络信息资源的问题

尽管基于web的信息资源(WBIR)数据库在学术界越来越受欢迎，但许多尼日利亚理工学院图书馆似乎没有订阅或更新其订阅。因此，本研究旨在调查尼日利亚西南部公立理工学院学生在使用WBIR时反复出现的问题。从16所提供高级国家文凭(HND)课程的公立理工学院中，通过分层随机抽样选择了6所公立理工学院，以反映联邦和阶段理工学院的情况。采用按比例抽样的方法，抽取了1463名HND学生。使用的工具是学术任务中WBIR的使用(α=0.98)和WBIR使用挑战(α=0.84)量表。使用比例统计和描述性统计对数据进行分析。大多数受访者(709人)(51.1%)将Google列为主要的搜索引擎。还有人表示，谷歌和其他搜索引擎的组合，如谷歌和必应(71个百分点或5.1%)，Chrome、谷歌和Operamini(71个百分点或5.1%)。维基百科(136人，9.8%)和Myschool.com(55人，4.0%)是学生使用的通用数据库/网站。使用WBIR的挑战包括高可访问性成本(α=2.73)和下载延迟(α=2.64)。尼日利亚西南部公立理工学院的学生使用基于网络的信息资源，尤其是通过谷歌搜索引擎和维基百科获得的信息。理工学院图书馆的信息素养课程不应掉以轻心。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences (JMIDS) is a reputed open access journal affiliated to Allied Business Academies. The journal focuses on disseminating the latest research in the field of management information system and its role in decision making, as well their relationships to cognate disciplines including Economics, Finance, Management, Management Science, Marketing, Statistics, Operations Research and Engineering. The journal adheres to stringent double blind peer review policy to maintain the publication quality.