Information literacy skills and utilization of information resources among undergraduate students in Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Nigeria

This study examined undergraduates’ information literacy skills and the utilization of information resources in Dennis Osadebay University Library, Asaba, Nigeria. The study adopted the correlational research design. The study population comprised 662 undergraduate students from the University. From this population, multistage sampling technique was used to get a sample size of 242. Questionnaire was used for data collection. The acquired data were analysed using frequency, mean and Pearson moment correlation. The study revealed that the respondents had high to moderate levels of information search, location and accessing skills but low information evaluation skills. The study also revealed that the students’ utilization of information was high in print library resources but very low especially with regard to electronic online resources. The study further revealed no significant correlation between the level of undergraduate students’ information literacy skill and their utilization of library information resources. It was recommended that proper and effective communication channels for retrieving information resources be made available to students of tertiary institutions, well-equipped information centres should be made accessible to students of tertiary institutions irrespective of the faculty or department, awareness campaigns should be organized from time to time on the availability and utilization of information resources to undergraduate students.