INFORMATION SEEKING AND STUDENTS' PERCEIVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, IBADAN, OYO STATE
Keywords:
Information, Information seeking, Perceived Academic Performance, Information BehaviourAbstract
This empirical study examined the impact of information seeking on students’ perceived academic
performance in Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan, Oyo State. The survey research design was
used in data collection from the respondents. Two hundred and forty-two (242) copies of
questionnaires were administered, one hundred and seventy-four (174) copies were valid for data
analysis. The research hypothesis was tested using regression analysis. The acceptable level of
significance was 0.05. The study found that the students perceived their academic performance as
high. However, majority of them indicated that they consider their academic just above average
and not outstanding. This suggests that majority of them are aware that they are not performing
to the best of their abilities. A significant portion of these information sought by students focused
on academic activities. There are however some challenges with the students finding it difficult to
explain the exact information they seek to professionals’ librarians and they are often confronted
with the problem of choosing the relevant information resources from numerous similar resources,
have challenges in the use of scholarly databases and rarely uses keyword search. It was
recommended that Librarians should develop various finding aids and information retrieval tools
that can help students identify and retrieve the needed information with ease
