ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the back of the book indexes in Natural Science books published in Nigeria. But the specific objectives of the study were to determine: how indexes are provided in the Natural Science texts sampled; the extent to which basic indexing elements are provided; the depth of indexing; … Read more
ABSTRACT Many methods have been developed for detecting multiple outliers in a single multivariate sample, but very few for the case where there may be groups in the data set. We propose a method of simultaneously determining groups (as in cluster analysis) and detecting outliers, which are points that are distant from every group. Our … Read more
APPRAISAL OF REFERENCE SERVICES IN TWO PUBLIC LIBRARIES – THE FCT CITY LIBRARY WUSE ABUJA AND NASSARAWA STATE LIBRARY, LAFIA Table of Contents Title page————————————————————————–i Approval page——————————————————————–ii Certification page—————————————————————iii Dedication————————————————————————-iv Acknowledgement—————————————————————v Table of content—————————————————————–vi List of tables———————————————————————ix Abstract—————————————————————————x Chapter One: Introduction Background of the study——————————————————-1 Statement of the problem—————————————————–7 Purpose of the study————————————————————7 Research question————————————————————–8 … Read more
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page – – – – – – – – – – i Approval Page – – – – – – – – – ii Certification Page – – – – – – – – – iii Dedication – – – – – – – – – – iv Acknowledgements – – … Read more
ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION OF LIBRARY-ORIENTED SOFTWARE PACKAGES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN AKWA IBOM ABSTRACT This study investigated the utilization of library oriented software packages in academic libraries in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. Six research questions were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was used and purposive random sampling was adopted. … Read more
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study. The manifestation of electronic resources has significantly transformed information handling and organization in Nigerian educational environments, as well as institution of higher education libraries in particular. For instance, if electronic resources are well organized for use, and all the facilities needed to make them accessible by users are … Read more
ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF REFERENCE RESOURCES AND SERVICES BY STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN ANAMBRA AND ENUGU STATES OF NIGERIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Approval page ii Certification page iii Dedication iv Acknowledgements v Table of Contents vi List of Tables viii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study 1 Statement of … Read more
ABSTRACT Free voluntary reading has the potential for increased self concept, reading ability, academic success, social, physical, mental, vocabulary and grammatical growth of secondary school students. The school library with its collections and reading programmes has the responsibility for the inculcation and promotion of free voluntary reading in secondary school students. Despite all these, literature … Read more
ABSTRACT This study examines the roles, operations and structure of the Nigerian capital market. It also went ahead to examine the relationship between capital market development and economic growth. Time series data obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria stock Exchange (NSE) were analyzed using simple regression model. The data set covers annual … Read more
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND A buoyant economy is largely on its transaction. This transaction is what most undeveloped countries depend on for foreign exchange earnings. Nigeria’s non-oil export in the 60s (sixties) constituted the major source of foreign exchange earnings the ‘oil boom’ of the 70s changed the major source of foreign exchange earnings … Read more