Extent of Awareness and Use of Online Databases in Digital Environment for Academic Activities by Undergraduate Students in Adeyemi Federal University of Education Ondo, Nigeria (Published)
The study is on Extent of Awareness and Use of Online Databases in Digital Environment for Academic Activities by Undergraduate Students in Adeyemi Federal University of Education Ondo, Nigeria. Six research objectives and questions guided the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The study population consisted of Adeyemi Federal University of Education Undergraduates. Structured questionnaire was developed for the study and used for the data collection. A sample size of 100 respondents was purposively chosen as the respondents of the study. All data were categorized and analyzed using tables, frequency, charts and simple percentage, for data analysis. The results reveal that the majority of AFUED undergraduate students had a generally low level of awareness of the available online databases in the University Digital Library. EBSCOHOST recorded the highest level of combined awareness (HA + FA + A = 65.0%), making it the most recognized database among respondents, followed by Proquest (53.0%). However, a substantial proportion of students remained unaware (NA) of most databases. JSTOR recorded a non-awareness rate of 59.0%, AGORA 69.0%, African Digital Library 64.0%, HINARI 64.0%, and Indiana University Press had the highest non-awareness rate of 75.0%. This finding suggests that awareness of online databases among AFUED undergraduates is generally low, with most students either unaware or only marginally aware of the digital resources available to them in the Online environment. the challenges confronting AFUED undergraduate students in their use of online databases. The most critical challenge was incessant power failure, with 85.0% of respondents (SA + A) affirming this as a major barrier. This was closely followed by server low bandwidth (80.0%), insufficient computers in the library (80.0%), discouraging subscription costs (70.0%), expensive downloading and printing (68.0%), and insufficient time due to academic pressure (68.0%).The most strongly supported strategies included provision of uninterrupted power supply (SA + A = 88.0%), provision of enough computers in the Digital Library (88.0%), government provision of subsidized laptops to students (88.0%), teaching students advanced database searching skills (88.0%), and giving students orientation and education on online information resources (87.0%).
Keywords: Adeyemi Federal University of Education Ondo, Nigeria, Undergraduate Students, academic activities, digital environment, extent of awareness, use of online databases
Technologically Marital Conflicts and Academic Activities of Married Undergraduates in Public Universities (Published)
The study focused on the relationship between technologically based marital conflicts and academic activities of married undergraduates in public Universities. Six research questions guided the study and six hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A correlation survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 4069 married undergraduates. 400 undergraduates were sampled using multi-stage sampling procedure. Instrument for data collection was a 4-point rating scale questionnaire titled Technologically Based Marital Conflict and Married Undergraduates’ Academic Activities Questionnaire (TBMCMUAAQ). It was validated by three experts. The internal consistency of the instrument was tested using Crombach Alpha procedure which yielded an overall index of 0.89. Data collected were analyzed using linear regression model in order to show the relationship between technologically based marital conflicts and married undergraduates’ school attendances, study habits, concentration in school, participation in individual training and participation in teaching practice. The result from the study showed there exist a significant relationship between technologically based marital conflicts and married undergraduate adults school attendance, study habits, and classroom work participation. It implies that emotionally disturbed students are frustrated in their studies and end up having low academic activities. It was recommended among other things, that married students should strategize ways of mitigating marital conflicts consequent on the use of technology in order to enable them participate actively in their academic activities.
Keywords: Violent, academic activities, married undergraduate, martial conflict, media games
A Quantitative Study on the Effects of Stress on Students’ Clothing Selection and Dressing (Published)
This paper adopted the cross-sectional quantitative approach to examine the effects stressful activities have on clothing selection and dressing among students. A sample of 280 university students were reached by adopting the purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Thirty-seven (37) itemized questionnaire was used to obtain information from respondents. The descriptive analysis carried on three main variables presented high mean values of M=2.91, SD=0.14 for Stressful Activities, M=2.92, SD=0.21 for Clothing Selection Mode and M=2.68; SD=0.18 for Clothing Practices to Manage Stress. Results from hypotheses tested indicated positive correlation between stressful activities and clothing (β=0.406; S. E=0.187, p<0.05); stress management practices and clothing selection (β=0.615; S. E=0.065; p<0.05) as well as stressful activities and stress practices (β=-0.321; S. E=0.024; p<0.05). The study recommends that sensitization programmes should be organized for students to create awareness on possible sources of stressors and how to manage them through proper wardrobe planning and clothing management.
Keywords: Stress, Stress Management, academic activities, appearance, clothes, clothing selection