Availability And Utilisation Of Electronic Resources By Law Students University Of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

lids study investigated the availability and utilisation of electronic resources in the University of Uyo Law Library. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Ex-post facto design was employed, and the population for the study was 198 registered law students. Purposive sampling technique was employed in this study. A structured questionnaire entitled "Availability and Utilisation of Electronic Resources Questionnaire (A(JERQ) was used to gather data fin- the study. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions, while independent t--test statistics was used in testing both hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was a significant influence of availability of electronic it resources on utilisation by the Law students in the University of Uyo Law Libraiy. It was also found that availability of legal databases significantly influences students' utilisation in University of Uyo Law Library. The study concluded that availability of electronic information resources significan* influenced utilisation in the Law Library. Based on the findings, ii was recommended among others that the Law Library should have an enabling environment for access and utilisation of electronic resources.

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Author Mbuotidem, Umoh
Maintainer NVIALS Journal of Law Librarianship and Information
Version 2017
Last Updated May 13, 2025, 10:38 (UTC)
Created May 13, 2025, 10:37 (UTC)