AN INVESTIGATION INTO STUDENTS' PREFERENCE BETWEEN PRINTS AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES IN TWO PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA
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The Department of Library and Information Science,
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The study investigated students' preference between print<> and electronic rc<>ourcco; in ;-~c;-~d 'fYlic
libraries. Survey method was used for the study and questionnaires were administered to the
students in the two universities under study. A total of two thousand, three hundred and seventy
five copies (2,375) copies of questionnaires were administered and one thousand. eight hundred
and sixty one copies (1,861) were returned and used for the study. This represents 78.4%
response rate. The findings reveal that apart from the fact that students use the library frequently,
they utilize both print and electronic resources for their research. It was also discovered from the
students' responses that electronic resources will not replace prints in libraries but they will
continue to complement each other. The study therefore recommends that libraries should as a
matter of fact acquire and subscribe to both prints and electronic resources to serve the diverse
interest of various library users
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science