335 International Research: Journal of Library & Information Science | Vol.4 No.3, Sep. 2014 Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduates in Ajayi Crowther University Oyo State, Nigeria Adebayo John Oluwaseye Department of Library Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria johnoluwaseye@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The study investigated information needs and seeking behavior of undergraduates in Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo Nigeria. The aim was to determine undergraduate students’ academic information needs and seeking behavior, to establish the problems encountered in the process of information seeking, and suggest strategies for developing healthy information seeking behavior. The survey research was carried out, with samples drawn respondents from all the three faculties in the University, namely; faculties of Humanities, Natural sciences, with Social and management sciences. The three faculties have fifteen (15) departments all together. The sample consisted of 145 undergraduates. Questionnaire was used for data collection and data collected was analyzed using percentages. The results gave an insight into the factors that influenced Undergraduates’ academic information needs which include: examination, assignment, research and personal development. Also, findings from this study revealed that information needs of undergraduates are gender-based; males like sport and politics-related information, while females like beauty and fashion-based information. The study makes recommendations that could improve Undergraduates’ information seeking behavior. Keywords: Information, Information needs, Information seeking behavior INTRODUCTION It is frequently believed that we live in the information age, because nearly every day we learn some new development through information technology. The human need for information is growing, as our society grows to depend more and more on information to survive and flourish. As all need to be able to find facts, but we also need information on particular subjects. Not just the bare facts, but their evaluation and assimilation into our own frame of reference. Atinmo (2012) remarked ‘’we live in a world of explosions, from nuclear bombs to improvised bombs. One explosion that is seemingly harmless by comparison, yet it is felt by everyone every day is the information explosion’’ Thus, access to information is imperative in support of decision making and reduction of uncertainties. Just as information need arises every day; seeking behavior varies from users, meanwhile information resources