February 2024

Information sources, methods and challenges: perspective of first year undergraduate students of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

For the University of Cape Coast first-year students, research is an important step in determining the knowledge that best suits their needs. This study investigated the purpose of searching for information, major sources of information, information search strategies, and the challenges in information search, using the quantitative descriptive survey design. The sample size was 486, with 48.8% of the respondents aged...

Author(s): Seth Kobina Parbie, Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa, Selorm Omega, Emmanuel Manu Agyapong, Doris Nimakoh and Prince Charles Lawson