@article{606,
  author = {Emmanuel E. Baro},
  title = {Gender Differences in Information Access Pattern Among Academic Users},
  journal = {International Journal of Information Studies},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {3},
  number = {4},
  doi = {},
  url = {http://www.istudies.net/journal/sites/default/files/Gender%20Differences%20in%20Information%20Access%20Pattern%20Among%20Academic%20Users.pdf},
  abstract = {The purpose of this study is to know the gender differences that exist in the use of the library catalogue and the Internet and to know the problems that undergraduate students encounter in the process of their searching for information. The study adopted a descriptive survey method. The study covered undergraduate students in history department in the humanities in three universities in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria. They are Niger Delta University Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Delta State University Abraka, Delta State and University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The sample size of 273 was generated being 30% of the total population of 985 being population of history students from 100-400 used for the study. Questionnaire and Interview was used for the data collection. The study revealed among the following that: female students in history heavily rely on human assistance for information more than their male counterparts; differences exist between male and female students in the use of the Internet and databases to retrieve information; and the female students encountered difficulties relating to inability to use the library card catalogue effectively to retrieve information materials in the university libraries more than their male counterparts. The study will enable librarians to intensify their efforts to educate both male and female students about the information environment rather than simply providing the knowledge of how to use specific tools.},
}