INFORMATION NEEDS AND MOST PREFERED SOURCES OF INFORMATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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This study was carried out to investigate the information needs and most preferred source of
information of undergraduate students in a Nigerian university of technology. Students in their second
and third years of study in the departments of Estate Management and Architecture both in the school of
Environmental Technology in Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) were surveyed. An
adopted questionnaire was used to gather data for this study. The questionnaire was randomly
distributed to the students in these departments thereby giving equal opportunity of being selected as
part of the survey. Two hundred and fifty seven (257) copies of the questionnaire were distributed, two
hundred and twenty (220) were returned but two hundred and three (203) representing response rate of
80% were found usable for data analysis. The result of the findings was analysed using simple
percentages and is represented in charts. The study found out that the undergraduate students'
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science