Access and use of electronic resources in the libraries in addressing educational issues in Nigeria

The influx of Information and Communication Technologies (ITCs) into has changed the roles and responsibilities of librarians, the methods of accessing information, usage of information resources and as well the format of information resources.Information resources are either in print or electronic format or both in print and electronic format.In this article the authors demonstrated that, increased access and use of have significantly addressed the standard of education worldwide.Specifically, the paper discussed the concept of e-resources its usefulness to education, some advantages and disadvantages of e-resources, access and use of online resources in addressing the entire education sector.Also discussed in the paper, is the control of access to online resources through ID login and password, Internet Protocol (IP) authentication and licensing policies.The discussion demonstrated that the management of online resources is fundamental to their access and use among users.The paper concluded that online resources are widely accepted because of their enormous merits over the prim.Despite their acceptance, users of the resources are faced with several challenges to access and use the resources