The Awareness And Uses Of Library Electronic Databases By Lecturers In University Libraries

SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
    The Lecturers of the selected colleges of the Kwara State University, Malete serve as the population size of this research. Therefore the sample size will be the total population of  the Lecturers of the selected colleges consisting of 49 respondents were taken as to be the sample of the study through purposive sampling technique. According to Crossman (2012) “a purposive sampling is very useful for situations where you need to reach the targeted sample quickly and the sampling is not proportional in nature”. Therefore the subject of the study is made of the following:

DATA COLLECTION AND INSTRUMENT
The researcher will use questionnaire as the instrument for collecting data
considering the nature and predisposition of the respondents. The researcher feels that the questionnaire is of standard and adequate to provide the data needed for the research. Ndagi (1999) noted that questionnaire is the most suitable and easiest instrument administered in collecting data. It helps to keep the respondent’s mind fixed to the subject and facilitate the process of research generalization. Ihanacho (2004) explained that the questionnaire as a research instrument is designed in question form to obtain feedback information from subjects
with respect to their opinions, attitudes beliefs and motives regarding a situation.
3.5    VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENTS
The research instrument was subjected to validation. In this regard, the kind of validation
was that of making a draft copy of the questionnaire available to experts for checking, observing, correction and amendment. Lecturers {one of which is the supervisor of this research} of Kwara State University, Malete were chosen for the validation of the questionnaire.
3.6    RELIABILTY OF INSTRUMENT
The reliability of the instrument was established by conducting a pilot study in the university within two weeks. A pilot study was conducted with the respondents. The result of the pilot study was used to determine the reliability for co-efficient of the question and at the appropriate timing for the compilation of the questionnaire. This is because reliability deals with the consistency of measure and stability. According to Bryman (2008), reliability of instrument is very important as it deals with consistency, stability and detail treatment of issues using appropriate techniques.
3.7     DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE
The researcher will administer and collect the questionnaire personally from the respondents . In this process the researcher solicited for the cooperation of the Lecturers of the selected college. {As the respondents who filled the questionnaire were the focused group, with the copy of questionnaire they had at hand, each question was jointly discussed and the right response was agreed and indicated on the questionnaire. Two weeks was used to distribute copies of the questionnaire and collect completed copies}.
3.8    METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
The data that was collected from the research instrument was organized for analysis and transcribed into different types, depending on the sources of information. The data was then tabulated and discussed descriptively