Assessment of Knowledge of Evaluation of Information Sources and Utilisation of Information Resources by Undergraduate Students in Federal Universities in South-South, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed knowledge of evaluation of information source and utilization of information sources by undergraduate students in  federal universities in SouthSouth, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 9507 registered library users from three selected universities in the study area in the 2018/2019 academic session. 952 users were randomly sampled with the research instrument. The  research design adopted for the study was ex-post facto design. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Data collected was  analysed using mean, standard deviation, while simple regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The regression model produced a Regression Coefficient of R = 423, which indicated a strong positive relationship between knowledge of evaluation of  information sources and exploitation of information resources. The findings further revealed that knowledge of evaluation of information  sources is relatively low among the undergraduate students. The study recommended that management of universities should put in place appropriate policy measures and strategies to ensure greater involvement of professionals librarians in the teaching  of literacy skills in their institutions, as well ensuring greater collaboration between the faculty and the librarians for the purpose of effective teaching of literacy skills in the Nigerian universities.