Assessing the role of information literacy in enhancing utilization of internet resources for independent learning among university of Dar es Salaam students: a case of colleges of social sciences and humanities.
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2019
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Internet Resources plays a great role or implication in information accessibility, usability, and
effective retrieval. This has added more value to students in their performance and endeavors
towards career goals achievement. However, effective use of internet resources by students
absolutely depends on information literacy and awareness on available internet resources. Thus,
the study was conducted to assess the role of information literacy in enhancing utilization of
internet resources among university students, specifically the study intended to examine students’
awareness of the information literacy programs and available internet resources, to find out the
relationship between awareness, perception, and use of internet resources, and identifying training
programs that relate to information literacy at university level. The study was carried out at the
University of Dar es Salaam and adopted an exploratory research design. The study used an
electronic questionnaire for data collection and probability sampling technique for identifying a
sample of respondents at the University. The study indicated most of the students are computer
literate and are aware of the availability of electronic information resources. The study also
revealed that students who were aware of available internet resources demonstrated high usage of
internet resources. It also noted that Information literacy and lifelong learning are the only courses
that relate to information literacy at the University. However, the study revealed that most of the
respondents agreed that lack of proficiency in information and computer literacy skills are the
limiting factors towards efficient utilization of internet resources. It is therefore recommended that
information literacy should be offered as a core course during the first semester of the first year to
all students across the university so as to enhance effective use of internet resources for excellence
in academic and research.
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Bachelor Of Library And Information Studies
University Of Dar Es Salaam. 2016-2019 pp. 1-55