Impact of Online Information Resources on Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Universities in Benue State, Nigeria
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study investigated the impact of online information resources on academic performance of undergraduate students in universities in Benue State, Nigeria. Two research objectives and questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population consisted of 7,177 registered undergraduate library users of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM) and Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM). The sample size consisted of 359 respondents; represent 5% of the population. The sample size was selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Observation checklist and questionnaire were used as instruments for data collection. The questionnaire was trial tested on a sample of 20 undergraduate students of Nasarawa State University Keffi who were not part of the main sample but have characteristics and the overall coefficient of 0.92 was obtained. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study showed that 281(80.43%) respondents said online information resources are available while 69(19.57%) said online information resources are not available in university libraries, all the identified online information resources were utilized by undergraduate students for their academic work, undergraduate students highly utilized online information resources for academic performance and utilization of online information resources has a high impact on academic performance.
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220163347