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Preferred websites used by students at the Library's virtual hall
Find out for 5 days running the 5 mostly used websites by students who use the Virtual hall. Find out the reasons why they prefer the sites. The out come of your findings should be in rank order 1-5. 5 is the least rank
As the society today is digitally charged, library clienteles no longer relied only on traditional based information resources. They tend to access both traditional based resources and electronic base resources. With the help of ICT, accessibility of electronic information is made easy through the internet.
The internet is used to support Academic Programmes. Fortunately, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library is internet enabled. Today’s investigation shows the most accessed websites by clienteles and reasons why clienteles access them. The websites are ranked from 1-5. Rank 1 is the most accessed site while Rank 5 is the least accessed. Today’s investigation revealed the use of the following websites:
Below are the reasons clienteles gave for accessing the websites. Rank Website Reason why the website is accessed 1 www.google.com This is the most accessed website, students use the site to gain access to other websites especially when they are not sure of the name. The clienteles also said that they use this site as a major search engine. 2 www.unizikcampusportal.com The clienteles that access this site mostly are the students. They do their online school fees payment through the website, they also register for a new academic session on this website. Also they check semester results on the website. 3 www.yahoo.com The library users said they use this website to access their electronic mail, they also use the site to receive feeds from other websites they have signed-in as members. For instance, feeds from facebook are sent to one’s e-mail address. Again, library users said they also use this site as a search engine. 4 www.mtnonline.com Library users that access this site said they access the site to source for academic scholarship, source for employment (especially those going for internship and the post-graduate students), Do on-line simcard registration, and also get information on current MTN trends.
5 www.facebook.com Users access this site to connect with people (family, friends, colleagues etc), They use this site to share resources, emotions, feelings etc. This site is supposed to be one of the most accessed website in Nnamdi Azikiwe University digital library because almost the whole school community is on facebook. But further investigation revealed that majority of the students have internet access on their mobile phones, so they prefer to facebook through their phones for easy uploading of pictures, videos etc.
REFERENCES Oral Interview Observation (This report is written based on data collected from the oral interview between us and the library users and observation).
THE FIVE (5) MOSTLY USED WEBSITES BY THE STUDENTS WHO USE THE NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY VIRTUAL HALL.
WRITTEN BY;
INAYA EVELYN 2009206012P MBAKWE FLOSSIE
OFFOR CHIMEZIE C. 2009206001P
UDEM, OBIORA KINGSLEY 2009206005P
Our recent visit to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library's Virtual hall to find out the five (5) mostly use websites by the student who use the virtual hall and their reasons why they prefer the website revealed the following.
(NB. The websites are ranked from 1- 5. Rank 1 is the most use site while rank 5 is the least use site)
1. www.google.com
Out of 55 students that were browsing in the virtual hall at that moment, 51 students said, they use this site. Their reasons are as follows:
a. It is user friendly. They said it is user friendly because they use it to gain access to other websites especially when they do not know the full website address.
b. Familiarity. Most of the students said that they are more familiar with the site and as a result they do nothave knowledge about any other search engine site.
c. It gives more information than any other search engine site and as a result they preferred it for writing their assignment.
d. It is the best search engine site that has answer to every question.
e. It gives more detailed information than any other search engine site.
2. www.wikipedia.org
38 out of 55 students in the virtual hall at that moment said they use this website. their reasons are as follows:
a. It contains information on all subjects and for that reason, they preferred using it to write their assignment
b. It links together with google. That is, they said that whenever they type question in google, it must give them an answer that will link them to wikipedia.
c. It gives detailed information.
3. www.yahoo.com
Out of the 55 students present at that moment, 20 students said they use this site. Their reasons are as follows.
a. They used it to check their electronic mail especially to find out when they receive feeds/ junk mail from other websites they visited and registered with. for example, facebook, twitter, hi5, sports sites, etc.
b. A few number of students said, they use it as search engine.
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library's Digital library's Home page (http://196.207.141.2)
About 17 students out of 55 present at that moment said, they use this site. their reasons are as follows:
a. They access it in order to read articles in the e-journal especially their departmental e-journal.
b. They preferred using it especially when the digitals library server is down.
5. www.facebook.com
12 out of 55 students present at that moment said they use this website.Their reasons are as follows:
a. They use it to connect with their friends and loved ones.
b. They use it to share their feelings, invite friends for occasions/ celebrations especially birthday, exchange ideas, etc.
NOTE
Our research does not base only on what students said, we witnessed/ observed them accessing the websites.
THE FIVE (5) MOSTLY USED WEBSITES BY THE STUDENTS WHO USE THE NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY VIRTUAL HALL.
WRITTEN BY;
INAYA EVELYN 2009206012P MBAKWE FLOSSIE
OFFOR CHIMEZIE C. 2009206001P
UDEM, OBIORA KINGSLEY 2009206005P
Our recent visit to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library's Virtual hall to find out the five (5) mostly use websites by the student who use the virtual hall and their reasons why they prefer the website revealed the following.
(NB. The websites are ranked from 1- 5. Rank 1 is the most use site while rank 5 is the least use site)
1. www.google.com
Out of 55 students that were browsing in the virtual hall at that moment, 51 students said, they use this site. Their reasons are as follows:
a. It is user friendly. They said it is user friendly because they use it to gain access to other websites especially when they do not know the full website address.
b. Familiarity. Most of the students said that they are more familiar with the site and as a result they do not have knowledge about any other search engine site.
c. It gives more information than any other search engine site and as a result they preferred it for writing their assignment.
d. It is the best search engine site that has answer to every question.
e. It gives more detailed information than any other search engine site.
2. www.wikipedia.org
38 out of 55 students in the virtual hall at that moment said they use this website. their reasons are as follows:
a. It contains information on all subjects and for that reason, they preferred using it to write their assignment
b. It links together with google. That is, they said that whenever they type question in google, it must give them an answer that will link them to wikipedia.
c. It gives detailed information.
3. www.yahoo.com
Out of the 55 students present at that moment, 20 students said they use this site. Their reasons are as follows.
a. They used it to check their electronic mail especially to find out when they receive feeds/ junk mail from other websites they visited and registered with. for example, facebook, twitter, hi5, sports sites, etc.
b. A few number of students said, they use it as search engine.
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library's Digital library's Home page (http://196.207.141.2)
About 17 students out of 55 present at that moment said, they use this site. their reasons are as follows:
a. They access it in order to read articles in the e-journal especially their departmental e-journal.
b. They preferred using it especially when the digitals library server is down.
5. www.facebook.com
12 out of 55 students present at that moment said they use this website.Their reasons are as follows:
a. They use it to connect with their friends and loved ones.
b. They use it to share their feelings, invite friends for occasions/ celebrations especially birthday, exchange ideas, etc.
NOTE Our research does not base only on what students said, we witnessed/ observed them accessing the websites.
DAY ONE REPORT BY:
ReplyDeleteADUBA DORIS 2009206003P
ANADUAKA AMARACHUKWU 2009206009F
ARINZE FRANCISCA 2009206004P
INTRODUCTION
As the society today is digitally charged, library clienteles no longer relied only on traditional based information resources. They tend to access both traditional based resources and electronic base resources. With the help of ICT, accessibility of electronic information is made easy through the internet.
The internet is used to support Academic Programmes. Fortunately, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library is internet enabled. Today’s investigation shows the most accessed websites by clienteles and reasons why clienteles access them. The websites are ranked from 1-5. Rank 1 is the most accessed site while Rank 5 is the least accessed. Today’s investigation revealed the use of the following websites:
1. www.google.com
2. www.unizikcampusportal.com
3. www.yahoo.com
4. www.mtnonline.com
5. www.facebook.com
The Report in summary
Below are the reasons clienteles gave for accessing the websites.
Rank Website Reason why the website is accessed
1 www.google.com
This is the most accessed website, students use the site to gain access to other websites especially when they are not sure of the name. The clienteles also said that they use this site as a major search engine.
2 www.unizikcampusportal.com
The clienteles that access this site mostly are the students. They do their online school fees payment through the website, they also register for a new academic session on this website. Also they check semester results on the website.
3 www.yahoo.com
The library users said they use this website to access their electronic mail, they also use the site to receive feeds from other websites they have signed-in as members. For instance, feeds from facebook are sent to one’s e-mail address. Again, library users said they also use this site as a search engine.
4 www.mtnonline.com
Library users that access this site said they access the site to source for academic scholarship, source for employment (especially those going for internship and the post-graduate students), Do on-line simcard registration, and also get information on current MTN trends.
5 www.facebook.com
Users access this site to connect with people (family, friends, colleagues etc), They use this site to share resources, emotions, feelings etc. This site is supposed to be one of the most accessed website in Nnamdi Azikiwe University digital library because almost the whole school community is on facebook. But further investigation revealed that majority of the students have internet access on their mobile phones, so they prefer to facebook through their phones for easy uploading of pictures, videos etc.
REFERENCES
Oral Interview
Observation
(This report is written based on data collected from the oral interview between us and the library users and observation).
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ReplyDeleteTHE FIVE (5) MOSTLY USED WEBSITES BY THE STUDENTS WHO USE THE NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY VIRTUAL HALL.
ReplyDeleteWRITTEN BY;
INAYA EVELYN 2009206012P
MBAKWE FLOSSIE
OFFOR CHIMEZIE C. 2009206001P
UDEM, OBIORA KINGSLEY 2009206005P
Our recent visit to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library's Virtual hall to find out the five (5) mostly use websites by the student who use the virtual hall and their reasons why they prefer the website revealed the following.
(NB. The websites are ranked from 1- 5. Rank 1 is the most use site while rank 5 is the least use site)
1. www.google.com
Out of 55 students that were browsing in the virtual hall at that moment, 51 students said, they use this site. Their reasons are as follows:
a. It is user friendly. They said it is user friendly because they use it to gain access to other websites especially when they do not know the full website address.
b. Familiarity. Most of the students said that they are more familiar with the site and as a result they do nothave knowledge about any other search engine site.
c. It gives more information than any other search engine site and as a result they preferred it for writing their assignment.
d. It is the best search engine site that has answer to every question.
e. It gives more detailed information than any other search engine site.
2. www.wikipedia.org
38 out of 55 students in the virtual hall at that moment said they use this website. their reasons are as follows:
a. It contains information on all subjects and for that reason, they preferred using it to write their assignment
b. It links together with google. That is, they said that whenever they type question in google, it must give them an answer that will link them to wikipedia.
c. It gives detailed information.
3. www.yahoo.com
Out of the 55 students present at that moment, 20 students said they use this site. Their reasons are as follows.
a. They used it to check their electronic mail especially to find out when they receive feeds/ junk mail from other websites they visited and registered with. for example, facebook, twitter, hi5, sports sites, etc.
b. A few number of students said, they use it as search engine.
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library's Digital library's Home page (http://196.207.141.2)
About 17 students out of 55 present at that moment said, they use this site. their reasons are as follows:
a. They access it in order to read articles in the e-journal especially their departmental e-journal.
b. They preferred using it especially when the digitals library server is down.
5. www.facebook.com
12 out of 55 students present at that moment said they use this website.Their reasons are as follows:
a. They use it to connect with their friends and loved ones.
b. They use it to share their feelings, invite friends for occasions/ celebrations especially birthday, exchange ideas, etc.
NOTE
Our research does not base only on what students said, we witnessed/ observed them accessing the websites.
THE FIVE (5) MOSTLY USED WEBSITES BY THE STUDENTS WHO USE THE NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY'S LIBRARY VIRTUAL HALL.
ReplyDeleteWRITTEN BY;
INAYA EVELYN 2009206012P
MBAKWE FLOSSIE
OFFOR CHIMEZIE C. 2009206001P
UDEM, OBIORA KINGSLEY 2009206005P
Our recent visit to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library's Virtual hall to find out the five (5) mostly use websites by the student who use the virtual hall and their reasons why they prefer the website revealed the following.
(NB. The websites are ranked from 1- 5. Rank 1 is the most use site while rank 5 is the least use site)
1. www.google.com
Out of 55 students that were browsing in the virtual hall at that moment, 51 students said, they use this site. Their reasons are as follows:
a. It is user friendly. They said it is user friendly because they use it to gain access to other websites especially when they do not know the full website address.
b. Familiarity. Most of the students said that they are more familiar with the site and as a result they do not have knowledge about any other search engine site.
c. It gives more information than any other search engine site and as a result they preferred it for writing their assignment.
d. It is the best search engine site that has answer to every question.
e. It gives more detailed information than any other search engine site.
2. www.wikipedia.org
38 out of 55 students in the virtual hall at that moment said they use this website. their reasons are as follows:
a. It contains information on all subjects and for that reason, they preferred using it to write their assignment
b. It links together with google. That is, they said that whenever they type question in google, it must give them an answer that will link them to wikipedia.
c. It gives detailed information.
3. www.yahoo.com
Out of the 55 students present at that moment, 20 students said they use this site. Their reasons are as follows.
a. They used it to check their electronic mail especially to find out when they receive feeds/ junk mail from other websites they visited and registered with. for example, facebook, twitter, hi5, sports sites, etc.
b. A few number of students said, they use it as search engine.
4. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Library's Digital library's Home page (http://196.207.141.2)
About 17 students out of 55 present at that moment said, they use this site. their reasons are as follows:
a. They access it in order to read articles in the e-journal especially their departmental e-journal.
b. They preferred using it especially when the digitals library server is down.
5. www.facebook.com
12 out of 55 students present at that moment said they use this website.Their reasons are as follows:
a. They use it to connect with their friends and loved ones.
b. They use it to share their feelings, invite friends for occasions/ celebrations especially birthday, exchange ideas, etc.
NOTE
Our research does not base only on what students said, we witnessed/ observed them accessing the websites.