Utilization Of Information Resources And Services By Postgraduate Students Of Agricultural Education University Of Agriculture Makurdi Benue State

The main objective of the study was to investigate Information Resource and services Utilization by postgraduate Student of Department of Agricultural Education, University of Agriculture, Makurdi Benue State. The Researcher made use of the descriptive survey design for the study using Questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. Due to the smallness of the size of the study population, the whole population (108) was used. The major findings of the study revealed that, photocopying services are offered by the library, current awareness services (CAS) in various areas are provided by the library and the students find library information resources grossly inadequate. The study therefore recommended that, the library of University of Agriculture Makurdi, should provide sufficient information resources and services to meet the needs of the postgraduate students, Types of information resources available should be made known to the Postgraduate students and how and where they could be accessed be well defined. Students should be given constant orientation on how to use library resources and services regularly in meeting their information needs for a better academic performance. Factors that hindered students from being satisfied with the available resources and services for their information needs should be looked into and students be allowed to channel their complaints; concerning the problems and challenges they faced trying to access information resources from the library. The study concluded that, the problems affecting students’ utilization of library resources and services be looked into with the view of making the library more conducive and accessible to the postgraduate students.