Awareness and Use of e-journals by Medical Students of Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU) and University of Benin, Benin City (UNIBEN) in Nigeria
Keywords:
Information, Use, Awareness, E-journalsAbstract
This study is a survey of the awareness and use of electronic journals by medical
students of Delta State University and University of Benin in Nigeria. The
population of the study comprises all the medical and clinical students of the
two universities studied, which is 93. The entire population was used for the
study because the population was small (41 in DELSU and 52 in UNIBEN). Data
were generated using questionnaire and analyzed using frequency count and
simple percentage. The findings reveal among various others, low level of
awareness of e-journals and low computer literacy skills resulting in low level of
usage of the e-journals among the medical students from both institutions. Based
on the results of the findings, the study recommends among others that information
literacy courses should be initiated compulsorily in course curriculum and
libraries should be well equipped with internet facilities to encourage the use of
electronic journals.
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