Access and Use of Electronic Information Resources as Determinants of Research Output of Academic Staff in Selected Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines access and use of electronic information resources as determinants of research output of academic staff in selected  universities in OgunState Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Questionnaire were employed to obtain  data from 180 respondents but, 144representing 80% returned questionnaire were used for the study. The data obtainedwere analysed  using descriptive statistics of frequency percentage mean and standarddeviation. Findings of the study revealed that E-journals, E-books,  Online Resources andReference Databases were the most utilised electronic information resources, alsorevealed that Effort Expectancy  (EE), Performance Expectancy (PE) were the major factor influencing respondents’ use of electronic information resources and  finally revealed that access and use of electronic information resources promote efficiency, effectiveness and increase in the research  output. Part of the recommendations is that library management should subscribe to more e-journals since it was established that    academic staff make more use of electronic information resources.