Perceived Usefulness as Correlate of Undergraduate Students' Patronage of Online Public Access Catalog in South-West Nigeria

This study investigated the correlation of perceived usefulness and patronage of the Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) by undergraduate students in universities in South-west Nigeria. The descriptive research design of the ex post facto was adopted using a sample of 1,527 selected from the total...

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Published in:Cataloging & classification quarterly 2020-07, Vol.58 (5), p.520-532
Main Authors: Odunola, Oluwole Akanmu, Tella, Adeyinka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Descriptive research
Library catalogs
OPAC
Patronage
Perceived usefulness
Public access
South-West Nigeria
undergraduate students
university libraries
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Summary:This study investigated the correlation of perceived usefulness and patronage of the Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) by undergraduate students in universities in South-west Nigeria. The descriptive research design of the ex post facto was adopted using a sample of 1,527 selected from the total population of 239,048 undergraduate students in the universities. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results revealed that most undergraduate students patronized the OPAC two to three times a week. The findings show that the perceived usefulness of the OPAC had influence on its patronage by undergraduate students in the universities (r = 0.516**, N = 1333, P 
ISSN:0163-9374
1544-4554
DOI:10.1080/01639374.2020.1765443