The Importance of Search Engines for Information Retrieval to Lecturers of Bauchi State University Gadau Bauchi State
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This study was conducted to investigate the importance of search engines for information retrieval to lecturers of Bauchi State University Gadau. The study used quantitative research methodology using cross sectional survey design to collect data from the respondents. The population of the study comprises all the lecturers of Bauchi State University Gadau. Thus a sample size of one hundred and twenty six (126) was drawn from the population. Simple random sampling was used. A questionnaire was used as research instrument in collecting the data. The data collected was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. For the inferential statistics, the first null hypothesis was tested using t-test, while the second one was tested using ANOVA and the first one revealed that there is a significant difference between importance and use of search engines and the second one revealed that only gender is not significant but age and qualification were significant. And for the descriptive statistics, the findings revealed that search engine is highly important to lecturers; the study also revealed that, easy access to information, saving user’s time, ease of use, quick response time and access to wider range of information were factors that make search engines relevant and important to the lecturers. The finding also revealed that, there are sufficient ICT infrastructures to support the use of search engines in the university. It also revealed that, poor network, lack of information retrieval techniques and low network bandwidth were problem hindering the use of search engines to retrieve information. The study recommended that lecturers should be equipped with latest versions of ICT infrastructures that will aid the use of search engines for Research and academic purpose.
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