POSTGRADUATES STUDENTS’ COMPUTER SKILLS AND THE USE OF ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCES: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES LIBRARY, EFFURUN

Abstract

The study investigates postgraduate students’ computer skills and the use of online information resources in Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE). It specifically marks postgraduate students of FUPRE. The study adopted descriptive survey design and self-constructed questionnaire was utilized to solicit data. The findings revealed that, majority of the participants accepted that computer skills influence their use of online resources, basic computer skills are perquisite to effective use of online information resources and participants accepted that they can save, print and preview document, they can use Microsoft word very well, they can download/upload file, they can format floppy disks among others while some participants rejected the use of the following; the use of CorelDraw very well, online search skills and the use of Boolean techniques. The findings further shows that all the strategies revealed for enhancing the postgraduate students’ computer skills and use of online information resources are accepted. The study recommended that students should be exposed to additional computer applications, including Corel Draw, internet search tactics, and the efficient use of Boolean concepts and students should not give up on any program that will help them enhance their computer software abilities since it will include the utilization of electronic information resources among others.