Abstract
The study
examines the impact of internet as a research tool for students of tertiary
institutions with a case study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. However,
students of tertiary institutions are required to carry out research project at
their final year level in the university, polytechnic and colleges in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Diploma, Higher Diploma, B.Sc,
Pg.d, M.sc up till PhD level and for
this reason, they need lots of materials that are relevant or previously researched in the area
of their focus to guide them and one of the easiest and cheapest way to access
them is through the internet because in this age of information and
communication technology (ICT), the use of internet has become norms and
culture in academic sphere especially in higher institution of learning due to
its richness in academic resources. Survey research method was adopted in which
one hundred and twenty copies of questionnaires were administered to
respondents who were purposively selected. Data collected were analysed using
frequency and percentage table. The
results from the analysis of the responses showed that students use internet
for research, assignment, social networking, dating and e-mailing. 36.4%
said internet has positive effect on academic performance of students in high
extent and 31.8% of the respondents use Google.com search engine while looking
for information online. Majority of the respondents submitted that lack of fund
and erotic power supply are the major challenge facing students in the usage of
internet. Similarly, 90.9% of the respondents concluded that internet has
enhanced the research ability of students.
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