Delsu Journal of Educational Research and Development, Vol. 19, No. 1, June, 2022
ISSN: 978-39877-6-7
INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS AND USAGE OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, BENIN
STUDY CENTRE
Dr. Esoswo Francisca OGBOMO (CLN)
Department of Library and Information Science,
Delta State University, Abraka,
Delta State, Nigeria
E-mail- esoobas @ gmail.com
Phone Number: +234803834969 1
&
AMBROSE, E. Smart
National Open University of Nigeria,
Benin Study Centre,
Benin city, Edo State, Nigeria
E-mail: sambrose @noun.edu.ng
Phone Number: +2348055426760
Abstract
This study examined the information literacy skills and usage of electronic resources among
undergraduates of National Open University of Nigeria, Benin Study Centre. The study's goal is to
evaluate entrepreneurial and business management students’ information abilities to use of
technological resources. The specific objectives are to investigate the kind of e-resources used by
students; determine the extent of use of e-resources; determine the level of ILs they possess; and
know the method used by entrepreneurial and business management students in obtaining information
skills. For this investigation, a descriptive survey approach was employed. The study's participants
are 210 undergraduates who are studying Entrepreneurial and Business Management at the 400 level.
Questionnaire was utilized as the study's tool. Out of 210 copies of the questionnaire issued to the
respondents, 170 (89.5%) were duly completed and returned, allowing the data to be analyzed. The
data was analyzed using frequencies, statistical mean, and Pearson product moment correlation
coefficient. The criteria mean was set at 2.50, and the threshold of significance was set at 0.05.
According to the study's findings, electronic information resources utilized by the Entrepreneurial and
Business Management students of NOUN include electronic books, search engines, Internet resources
and electronic journals. The extent to which Entrepreneurial and Business Management students
utilize electronic resources is low generally. The students possessed skills such as ability to recognize
the information needed, ability to identity and distinguish potential information, skills to evaluate
information obtained from different sources, ability to retrieve information on the web, ability to start
up, log on, and shut down a computer system, and skills to access e-resources on the library website.
The students do not acquire information literacy by trial and error, but by other methods not
accounted for in this study. There was a significant relationship between Entrepreneurship and
Business Management students’ level of information literacy skills and usage of information
electronic resources.
Keywords: Business Management, Electronic Resources, Entrepreneurial, Information Literacy
Skills, National Open University of Nigeria, Undergraduates
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