Determinants of library use, collections and services among the students of engineering: a case study of King Saud University

Hussain, Akhtar; Abalkhail, Abdulwahab M.

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“…However, the such statements should be made carefully because it is not possible to give an unambiguous answer to the question of whether students prefer printed or electronic sources. There are still many students who prefer printed sources (Boumarafi, 2010;De Oliveira, 2012;Hamade & Al-Yousef, 2010;Hussain & Abalkhail, 2013;Rockinson-Szapkiw, Courduff, Carter, & Bennett, 2013;Shepperd, Grace, & Koch, 2008;Shuling, 2007;Swain, 2010;Woody, Daniel, & Baker, 2010). One of the reasons why students report that printed sources, such as books, have a better reputation and contain more basic and well established facts is that the Internet holds a great deal of irrelevant and inaccurate information that makes the search difficult (Griffiths & Brophy, 2005;Nkomo, Ocholla, & Jacobs, 2011;Ozoemelem, 2009;Sujatha & Mudhol, 2008;Wu & Chen, 2012;Yu-Mei & Artero, 2005).…”

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Croatian university students' use and perception of electronic resources

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Strišković

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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Croatian university students' use and perception of electronic resources

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Strišković

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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“…The size of the sample taken was quite large, so that the formalities of identification can be assisted. This method has been adopted by Hussain and Abalkhail (2013) and Kumar et al (2010) in their studies. Moreover, this was done with to obtain result-oriented findings and make inferences generally.…”

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“…Some of the relevant studies in chronological order are as follows: Hussain and Abalkhail (2013) examined the determinants of library use, collections and services among the students of engineering at King Saud University, Riyadh (KSA). The findings of the study revealed that a majority of the users used the circulation service.…”

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“…It can be assumed that the users who frequently visit the library use the library at the maximum level as compared with those users who visit the library occasionally (Hussain and Abalkhail, 2013). Table III illustrates that a simple majority of faculty members, 27 (25.6 per cent) out of 86, visit the library on "Daily" basis, followed by 17 (21 per cent) "Once in a Month" and 14 (17 per cent) each "Two or Three Times a Week" and "Several Times a Year".…”

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“…Therefore, periodic assessment of library services and collections, based on users' feedback, is important to improve the quality and to meet their information needs effectively. According to Hussain and Abalkhail (2013), it helps to identify the performance of the services provided for the library users.…”

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Collection Building

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2020

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Determinants of library use, collections and services among the students of engineering: a case study of King Saud University

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Determinants of academic law libraries’ use, collections, and services among the faculty members: a case study of University of Peshawar

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