ASSESSMENT OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS USE OF RETRIEVAL TOOLS (FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ZARIA)
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the effects of library instructions on the use of information retrieval tools by students in Colleges of Education libraries in Federal College of Educations, Zaria library.
To effectively perform this task, five research questions were formulated and two hypotheses were tested. A review of relevant literature was also conducted in which it was established that library instruction on students is being considered a must in an ever changing curriculum in Nigerian tertiary institutions.
A total of 368 respondents, comprising both students and librarians from the Federal College of Educations, Zaria library, were drawn from the population and used as the sample for this study. Stratified sampling method was used to select respondents to accommodate the different strata of the subject involved in the study.
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