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Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/62107 Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University Underwood, Peter G. Nabbosa, Racheal UCTD Journal formats Print journals Electronic journal Journals Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Academic libraries are focused towards effective information provision that is necessary for teaching, learning and research. Makerere University Library (Maklib) is no exception as it has strategies towards effective provision of information resources. Journals are some of the resources that are provided by the library to support teaching, learning and research and they are provided in two formats: namely, the electronic format and the print format. This research attempted to investigate whether postgraduate students use these journals and the formats they prefer to access. Research was conducted involving 114 postgraduate students using questionnaires as the data collection tool. Qualitative data was collected, analysed using Google Forms and presented in graphs, tables and text. Findings revealed that most postgraduate students are aware of the existence of journals provided by the library although some expressed a lack of awareness. Further still they use the journals provided and most of them have preference for the electronic format of journals. However it was also revealed that access was hindered by several factors such as long procedures to access the library. Recommendations that need to be adopted by Maklib are also discussed such as increasing on awareness campaigns, continuous training of students and staff and providing the necessary infrastructure to enhance access to the journals. nn2026 Information Science MIT Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2017-08-28T07:10:12Z 2017-08-28T07:10:12Z 2013 2015 Mini Dissertation Nabbosa, R 2015, Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University, MIT Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62107> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62107 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Journal formats Print journals Electronic journal Journals Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title | Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title_full | Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title_short | Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University |
| title_sort | assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of makerere university |
| topic | UCTD Journal formats Print journals Electronic journal Journals Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62107 |