Internet vs Library
Chapter I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKROUND
A. Introduction The modern technology, specifically the internet had already been a big help. The internet is an international web of interconnected networks that lets you connect to information on government, education, and the likes. It has been making studying easier for years. It forged studying effortless. Libraries become empty dark rooms because of the widespread usage of the internet. The Library is a place of knowledge. It is a room of different sources of knowledge such as reading materials where we could satisfy our cultural, informational, recreational, and educational needs. For some who doesn’t know how to use it, Library is a struggle. People have to search every book cabinet and scan every pages of the book just to find what are you looking for. That is why most of the students today prefer to scrutinize on the internet than to read in the library. Students have this mindset that Library is as boring as everyone could have ever imagine, but they haven’t thought of the significance and the actualization of learning it could share with us. Most of the students agree that it is a place of boredom, that library is more of a sleeping room rather than a learning room. They doesn’t give importance to it, that we can go through a real hands-on learning in the library. We can see and read actual hard copies of books, novels, and even magazines we love in Libraries which we can’t experience on the internet. The Internet on the other hand, is preferred by the mass because it is just a click away from the most bothering question you’ll ever had on your mind. That’s away it is widely used now a days. No more separate books and journals to interpret, nor another device for audio and visual materials to watch or listen. No more walking on the long aisle of book cabinets or searching on card catalogs. You will just need a computer set and an internet connection.
As one considers the wealth of information that is available on the internet as compared to the libraries for educational purposes, a person may be baffled as to which is best. On first glance, most people this much is true. However, most of the research is either fiction or repeated on several web sites, we would say that there is more information available on the internet and unless you know exactly where to look. There are research sites out on the internet, which a researcher will find suitable but te maybe hard to find or locked to all but academic researchers. For the children who attend any type of public or private, elementary or high school, any research for the students would be better done in the school library. The libraries in those schools offer a wealth of information at an age appropriate level, and educators can control the type on informational sources the children are researching. The internet where students in elementary to high school age levels would think to look could be the wrong place, and who knows what type of erroneous information they can find. Let face it most of the information generally found on the internet is irregular with errors, superficial and not really research information. We would not want our children to be learning the wrong information by researching the wrong web sites. The internet is the good place for college students of all types to find many sources of information on a wide variety of topics; however, it is not the only place to find multiple sources of information. The library on any college campus not only has millions of books on any subject imaginable, along with audio books, and other multimedia packages for viewing in many areas of study.
The ability to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information is known as information literacy. To be information literate, one must first acquire the foundational skills and competencies associated with general education – critical thinking and reasoning abilities, written and oral communication skills, etc. In our information based society, students must develop these skills early on so they are prepared to take advantage of opportunities, whether they are work or school related. The ability to find and retrieve information can be a challenge if you are not sure where to start. With vast resources available on the internet, students must make choices about how to access information and then which information resources to use. Students tend to use internet search engines, such as Google, to locate information resources rather than library online catalogs or databases of scholarly journal articles. These search engines index only the “surface Web”. Less than 7% of the information found here is appropriate for educational or scholarly purposes. No single search engine indexes more than 16% of the surface Web. There is little evidence that students use more than one search engine when they look for information. What is known as the “deep web” is 500 times larger and growing much faster than the surface Web. The deep Web provides information in all disciplines, for all populations, and is better in quality than the surface web. Approximately 95% of deep web content is publicly accessible without fees or subscriptions. Deep web content is not indexed and therefore not accessible using popular search engines.
Students are often unable to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate resources. If the information is not available on the internet, it does not exist for them. Librarians and faculty express concern that students do not know how to adequately evaluate the quality of information resources found on the internet.
By limiting their research to the internet, students are ignoring the books, journals, databases, full-text digital resources and other scholarly materials provided by the library. In many academic libraries, use of print resources is decreasing. Use of video and other media appears to be increasing. Ignoring library resources in lieu of web resources may imperil the quality of student learning. You may find instructors who do not allow their students to use web resources in class projects for this very reason. Faculty can have an enormous influence over student choices for research resources.
Undergraduate students who use library resources report the following:
• 76% of undergraduates utilized electronic databases/article indexes within the last year.
• 75% of undergraduates reported using library print materials within the last year.
• 77% of undergraduates reported using computer access at the library
• 44% of undergraduates indicated having used electronic journals available through the library
• 23% of undergraduate students utilized Interlibrary Loan services at their library
• 41% of undergraduates have used print reserves at their library
Academic libraries are making changes to try to engage more students. Some libraries are following the Leavey library model and are transforming part of their physical space into information commons, multimedia production areas, classrooms, or all three. 83% of undergraduates report not using the library due to inconvenient operating hours. Because of this, some libraries are experimenting with 24-hour access of library facilities. Most already provide 24-hour access to digital library collections and services. Research has shown that a barrier to academic library usage is often that students don’t know what services their library offers. Most libraries offer tours and library instruction. Try to take advantage of any training the library offers. Familiarize yourself with your Library’s web site and the resources available there. Resources found at the library can elevate your academic performance. It’s a good idea to begin your research on the internet to acquire background and introductory information. Use the information you find to seek out additional, more detailed information at the library. If you still insist on using the internet for your research, make sure your information is as legitimate as possible. Some things to look for when evaluating web sites are:
• Accuracy Who wrote the page? Is this person qualified to write this document? What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced? Know the difference between author and webmaster.
• Authority Who published the document and are they separate from the webmaster? Check the domain – what institution published this document? Does the publisher list their qualifications?
• Objectivity What goals/objectives does this page meet? How detailed is the information? What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author? Determine if the page is a mask for advertising – if so, check for bias.
• Currency How old is the information? When the page was last updated?
• Coverage Are the links evaluated and do they complement the theme? Is there a balance of text and images? Is the information cited correctly? If the page requires special software, how much do you miss if you don’t have the software? Is the information free or is there a fee? Is there an option for text only,or a suggested browser for better viewing
B. Conceptual Framework
The purpose of this paper is to propose and partially validate a high-level conceptual framework to aid in the better understanding of the reasons why they chose internet than library.
A statement of objectives helps students focus on the research-related skills they should learn as a result of the assignment. The following example might be appropriate for a term paper in the social sciences or humanities. As a result of this assignment, students should learn to:
• Develop a suitable topic for research, using the library reference collection and other sources of background information.
• Select and use the most appropriate library catalogs, article databases and printed indexes, and Internet search tools to locate relevant and timely materials.
• Distinguish between popular and scholarly sources and detect signs of bias, whether the material is in printed form or on the Internet.
• Quote and cite sources in a way that gives proper credit and avoids plagiarism. The study focuses on the reasons why they use internet more than library.
C. Statement of the Problem
The general problem is: Why students use internet more than using library?
Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of respondents according to:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Social Status
d. Year
2. What are the factors that made them chose to use internet than to use library in researching?
3. What are their reasons why they use internet more than library?
D. Importance of the Study
This research paper is important in the present because there are many students who prefer to use the computer or internet than going to the library for research. Through the result of this paper, many students as well as the readers who will realize the significance of which is more credible, the internet search or the library books.
E. Scope and Limitation of the Study
The researcher delimits its scope to the various reasons why there are more students who prefer to use internet than going to the library. The results of the survey are being tabulated, analyze and interpreted.
F. Methodology
The study is a comparative-descriptive study. This is appropriate for the purpose of the study as it attempts to compare the number of students who prefer to use internet in searching than going to the library.
G. Null Hypothesis
Based on the three specific problems which are of concern of this research, problem 1 is hypothesis-free. For problems 2 however, the null hypotheses were stated.
Ho: There is no significant relationship between the use of internet and the use of library.
NOTES IN CHAPTER I
RESEARCH: INTERNET vs. LIBRARY ... Both web-based and traditional library resources are useful when conducting research. ... library.mcneese.edu/tutorial/advantages. The IEEE Digital Library (IEL) is available to the DOST System. It is IP-based, thus everyone in the DOST System can access and download ... www.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com...digital-library –
7 Jan 2007 ... GROWING IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET ACCESS TO LIBRARY USERS. Visits to public libraries last year increased by one percent, despite a two percent ... www.publicnet.co.uk/.../growing-importance-of-internet-access-to-library-users/ CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In this section some of the reviewed literatures and researches are presented for better appreciation of the present study.
Foreign Literature
The internet has unlimited information. The best part of the internet according to experts is that it has unlimited sources of information. The internet is also easy to research rather in library books. Students under distance learning program can easily use the net since they are considered computer savvy already. It is understood that they can do well as far as researching on the topics they need.
The internet can give you all information you need in minutes while the library books cannot. This is also true. In the net you only need to type the keyword about the topic you are going to research and in just minutes after typing the keyword in the search engine the information is already in front of you. The traditional library has limited information. It all depends on how many books are there about the topic you need to discover.
The internet gives exact information about the many countries of the world. You just have to visit Wikipedia and you can have good information you need. Worldwide information is now easily distributed all over the world with the presence of the top key players. You can always be updated about the most important topic you care for.
Students under the student’s loan consolidation program who find themselves cash trapped can use internet to further their research. Internet is the cheapest source of information rather than photocopying from pages to pages on books students borrow from the libraries.
A Spokane billboard shows the shocked face of a grade-schooler as his computer screen reports over 9 million "finds" on his "search." The ad is plugging libraries, with the text suggesting that the student would have been better served with the help of a librarian. Virginia "Ginny" Steel, director of libraries at WSU and professional librarian for 21 years would agree. Of itself, the Internet is not the problem. Knowing how to find and evaluate information can be.
But a recent article in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" suggests that students are deserting the traditional library in favor of online information. Dorm rooms and classrooms have Internet connections. WSU’s Samuel H. Smith (CUE) building, with online classrooms and even a "café" sporting the electronic hookups, has been touted as a modern marvel for education.
Electronic technology has not rendered the traditional library obsolete, but rather has extended its reach and made it more efficient. And greater technological sophistication will allow the library to keep changing to meet the needs and expectations of users. Keeping pace with these changes will require library professionals to take more technology classes. Technology has developed so much that it is almost crucial to have electronic devices at home. Our life has gotten so used to having technology around us that we can’t imagine our lives without them. However, while having electronic devices at home could be comfortable and handy at times, it could also have negative effect on children, especially on teenagers. Parents usually buy computers for their children’s educational resource. But teenagers, who always seek fun activities around them, use computer to play games, chat with friends and to catch up with the latest gossip on celebrities. And before they know it, they are addicted to computer. Computer can cause teenagers to be physically, and mentally ill, and the more the child spends more time on computer, the more he/she loses time to focus on academics, and to talk to their family. Many teenagers who use the computers don’t seem realize that sitting in front of the computer is harmful at all. The electromagnetic waves from the computer-screen make our brain cells get stiffen every second. Human eyes can also lose its focus and get dehydrated easily because the ELF, VLF, RF and MICROWAVE (types of injurious electromagnetic waves). These harmful waves can cause headache, drop in eyesight, a brain tumor and leucosis in the worst case. Moreover, sitting in front of computer without exercising makes the teenager unhealthy. But this is not the only harmful cause of computer addiction.
Local Literature
The internet could really make studying a hundred times easier but a million times lazier as well. Students will just have to sit, type their questions and answers pop out instantly. There is no value for learning anymore. Most of the time, the internet just shows pictures of books, or excerpt from novels. Those are the reasons why internet still cannot replace the worth of the Library. We can still rely on the information the room of knowledge would share to us. Library is prompt, if you know how to use it. It is also reliable and more efficient when applying to the studying process.
On the whole, Library still weighs heavier than internet. It’s not the number of words you know or the questions you can answer that is essential after all, but it’s the value of learning that is significant to us. It’s not how fast you find answers but it’s how well do you answer. That is the real learning we could acquire from a library. Kids and students of the new generation should still know how to use a library somewhere and somehow. If not for the worth of studying, for learning at least.
Foreign Studies
Information literacy is the focus. Helping students and faculty understand the world of information what it is, where it is, how to determine quality, what you can believe is the specialty of the trained librarian, especially at WSU.
So the traditional library is still viable, but the availability of electronic databases and journals are changing the WSU system.
As one example, the library is canceling print subscriptions if a reliable, archived electronic form is available at a reasonable cost. WSU has and will continue to acquire electronic books, but judiciously and with caution. Libraries must license access to these materials, as opposed to buying copies. And the e-book business is uncertain; early players in the field are dropping out.
"It is a complex and rapidly changing environment," Steel declares. "More than ever, WSU must spend wisely, understanding and minimizing the risk."
Electronically, the WSU libraries link to the Web and to a system with multiple capabilities, including the catalog of holdings and acquisitions system, all shared with Eastern Washington University. Distance education and branches rely on electronic information, but they have not abandoned print.
Steel has to look at all the factors of the electronic scenario. Online doesn’t necessarily mean "better." There are advantages and disadvantages.
For one thing, electronic media is often more expensive. Access to online periodicals isn’t free. The WSU libraries have digital copies of WSU dissertations, but the university can’t digitize published books because of copyright. Digitizing special collections which WSU owns outright or books on which the copyright has expired costs about $7 per page or more if they require special handling.
Steel agrees with Danial Baker that the Drug Information Center at the Riverpoint campus in Spokane couldn’t function without its electronic link to the WSU libraries. And electronic links can deliver more than text. For example, audio resources on the Web allow music students to listen to recordings that might not otherwise be readily available.
But those links can’t deliver anything if the power grid goes down. An ice storm like the one that hit Spokane in 1996, or just a downed power line, will send students who are facing research deadlines scurrying back to the library and printed resources.
Steel says WSU’s library staff encourages students to use the best sources available, regardless of format. If online makes more sense, that is where the researcher is directed.
The computer is not the only change agent in the library.
Libraries are turning "attractive" with comfortable furniture, stylish atmosphere and creature comforts such as food and drink. This is not a passing fad but a reflection of student expectation, based on their upbringing and experience, says Steel. She is sympathetic to someone wanting coffee or a snack to be comfortable in the library environment. And she believes today’s library can and should fulfill a social and cultural role. Art exhibits and other attractions are part of that.
What about the "silence" libraries used to insist upon? Professor Harold Hill, from the movie, "The Music Man," could threaten the public library’s scholarly atmosphere with a bag of marbles, and he disrupted the sanctum by singing and dancing with Marian the librarian. "I remember that movie," laughs Steel. "But I don’t think it will ever go that far."
"People come to see people," she says. "The library is a main gathering place. There are still quiet places for study, but other areas are now available where conversation, collaboration and group study are encouraged." Electronic technology has not rendered the traditional library obsolete, but rather has extended its reach and made it more efficient. And greater technological sophistication will allow the library to keep changing to meet the needs and expectations of users. Keeping pace with these changes will require library professionals to take more technology classes.
But in the stream of change, libraries will still collect printed and bound works and provide on-site services. The traditional library is here to stay.
"Nationally, there is a perception that use is way down, but this is not so at WSU," remarks Steel. Students use the traditional libraries at WSU heavily, she says. A survey from a year ago showed 41 percent of the campus population visited weekly.
"This figure is ‘down’ slightly, but the buildings are far from deserted," said Steel. "Students are lining up for the computers at Holland/New Library, but traditional resources are still being used. Students still come for help and study," she asserts.
WSU has six different libraries with different hours and different focus. The Holland/New Library for social sciences, business, humanities and fine arts is the largest. The Owen library for science and engineering is the second largest. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of study these days, people tend to visit more than one library. Holland’s busiest time is late morning through the afternoon; its busiest days are Monday and Tuesday. Key times of the semester are a factor.
Steel says WSU libraries boast more than 2 million items and some 30,000 serial publications. In the last five years, more than 33 percent of these resources have been checked out. This figure is higher than in many research libraries. Last year, 812,000 items were checked out or used in-house, a figure that is average for a library system the size of WSU’s and yet one that represents a slight decrease for the university.
Funding for WSU libraries overall has declined because of statewide budget reductions. "However, decreased funding for collections has not been continuous," says Steel. "In fact, the latest allocation saw an increase in the collections budget."
She is concerned that students tend to believe everything on the Web. But a researcher can be misled with wrong or obsolete information from sources less than credible. Everyone needs occasional guidance in looking for and trusting information, something she fears is not available with independent online searches.
"Today’s students grew up with PCs," she explains. "Their expectations are different. They need to be taught about print resources." And even though many students have Web "surfing" experience, she feels most still need to be taught how to navigate through the electronic information environment.
The traditional library has items selected by qualified librarians who are really "information specialists." They strive to acquire works from reputable publishers. Internet self-publishers are suspect. A trained librarian can tell the difference in both quality and credibility.
Probably, most people don’t think of the librarian as a type of teacher or as a skilled professional, or realize that a librarian must have a graduate degree. Steel has a B.A. in comparative literature from Rochester, N.Y., and a master’s in library science from the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago. These are typical credentials for librarians. She adds that a librarian’s master’s degree should come from a school accredited by the American Library Association. Universities often hire librarians who have advance degrees in other fields.
Linh Nguyen, a French and English junior, is among the 2 percent of college students who use the University's library Web site to find information before search engines.
"You can trust the information from the library's Web site more than the stuff you find on Google," Nguyen said.
Local Studies
High School students use libraries more than most people, but according to a new report, the Internet still comes first when looking for information. The findings, "College Students' Perceptions of Library Information Resources," evaluated 396 college students' views about libraries and information resources.
The report found that college students use library resources more than the general population, but the Internet is the first place students go for information.
The most popular way college students find information is through Internet search engines. Eighty-nine percent of students use Internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo, while 2 percent start an information search with a library Web site, according to the report released this month. The survey reported a margin of error of plus or minus 1.69 percentage points at a 95-percent confidence level for the online population of the surveyed countries.
"Why wouldn't (college students use search engines)? It's easy and it's broad-based," said Cathy De Rosa, vice president of marketing and library services for the Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit computer library service and research organization that conducted the report.
Still, college students use library resources more than the general public. While 90 percent of college students have a library card, only 72 percent of the general public have one, according to the report.
Eighteen percent of college students use a public library weekly while only 13 percent of the respondents overall do, according to the report. "I thought it was really encouraging to see how much they are using the library on campus," De Rosa said.
University library officials did not return calls for comment.
De Rosa pointed out college students might use libraries more than any other group because they need it for their coursework, but she said it's also because college students are good at navigating the resources libraries offer.
Some students, such as mechanical engineering junior Shawn Sullivan, disagreed.
He said college students don't use the library very often.
"(Students) don't use the library because they think they can find what they need on the Internet," Sullivan said.
The report surveyed people online in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore and India. "It was surprising how universal (the results) were," De Rosa said. The numbers for library use were consistent across the six countries in the study. There is so much more information available via the internet. There is no reason to limit yourself to the selection of books that your local library has on the shelves. Not using the internet would be terrible time management. Easier, the internet you type it into Google and it does all the searching for you. Going to the library takes time - you have to go there, look up a number of books, find those books, look through those books, realize that they are all horrible and can’t use them due to the fact that they are written 20 years ago.
NOTES IN CHAPTER II
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology that will be use in the conduct of this study and will include the discussion of research design, samplings, respondents, data gathering and statistical instrument used.
A. The Research Design The study will use the comparative survey design in its attempt to determine, describe and analyze and compare the difference between the internet and the library which is the study habits. Different authors give their definition of comparative research as follows: The comparative method is often used in the early stages of the development of a branch of science. It can help the researcher to ascend from the initial level of exploratory case studies to a more advanced level of general theoretical models, invariance’s, such as causality or evolution. The design of comparative research is simple. Your objects are specimens or cases which are similar in some respects (otherwise, it would not be meaningful to compare them) but they differ in some respects. These differences become the focus of examination. The goal is to find out why the cases are different: to reveal the general underlying structure which generates or allows such a variation. The method is also versatile: you can use it in detail work as a complement to other methods, or the entire structure of a research project can consist of the comparison of just a few cases. In comparative study, you are examining two (or more) cases, specimens or events, often in the form of a table such as can be seen on the right where a column is reserved for each case, here called "Case 1" and "Case 2". On the basis of the target of your study you have to decide which are the interesting aspects, properties or attributes that you will have to note and record for each of the cases. In the table on the right, these aspects are called A, B and C. During the process of analysis, you then can add new aspects or drop out fruitless ones. Those aspects that are similar in both the cases need not be recorded, because here you are not making two case studies but only a comparison of the cases. The final goal of research is usually to reveal the systematic structure, invariance, that is true not only for the cases that were studied, but for the entire group (population) where the cases came from. In other words, the goal is to generalize the findings. Of course, it would be foolhardy to assert anything about a larger group, if your study consisted of just two cases. The plausibility of your generalization will increase, if you have instead of "Case 1", several cases from the same group, let us call it "Group 1", and similarly several cases from "Group 2". If all or the majority of these pairs show the same invariance, its credibility will quickly rise. There are statistical methods to calculate the credibility, or statistical significance of the findings. The question whether they found invariance then is true even outside the population, is something that the researcher normally leaves to be speculated by the readers of his report.
In the case that you wish to compare more than two groups, or the number of cases is large, the study begins to approach classification, a method that is discussed on another page.
In comparative like in most other studies there are two different styles, both of which will be discussed below:
• Descriptive Comparison aims at describing and perhaps also explaining the invariance’s of the objects. It does not aim at generating changes in the objects, on the contrary, it usually tries to avoid them.
• A special style of research is needed when the aim is not just to detect and explain but also to improve the present state of the object, or to help improving or developing similar objects in the future. This is the technique of Normative Comparison.
Descriptive Comparison According to Calderon, Manuel and Medel, descriptive research describes “what is.” It involves the description, recording, analysis, and interpretation of the present nature, composition, or process of phenomena. The focus is on prevailing conditions, on how a person, group, or thing behaves or functions in the present. It often involves some type of comparison or contrast. (Manuel and Medel pp.25) Descriptive method is concerned with conditions of relationships that exist; practices that prevail; beliefs; processes that are going on; effects that being felt; or trends that are developing. The process of descriptive research goes beyond mere gathering and tabulating of data. It involves the elements or interpretation of the meaning or significance of what is described. The description is often combined with comparison and contrast involving measurements, classifications, interpretations, and evaluation. (Cited by Sanchez, pp.83)
B. Samplings and Respondents Freshmen Students who are enrolled during the recent school year at Bulacan Polytechnic College which is comprised 5 percent of the total population will the sample size of the study. The names of the students of the total population will be arranged alphabetically and according to year levels. Simple stratified random method, proportionate to size will be done based on the random numbers generated by Minitab or Excel. Names will then be picked up and these will be included in the sample population.
C. Research Settings The study will be conducted at Bulacan Polytechnic College, Obando Campus, Paliwas, Obando, Bulacan.
D. Data Gathering The researchers will ask permission from the Campus Directress to allow the freshmen student to answer the questionnaire. Answered questionnaires then, will be gather, responses coded and will be subject to the appropriate statistical computation for reliability. These students name will then be deleted from the list of the total population so as not to include them again in the selection of the sample population.
E. Instruments Use Self- developed questionnaire composed of 10 items questions will be use to measure the number of students who prefer to use internet in searching than going to the library.
NOTES IN CHAPTER III
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The Researchers
Survey Questionnaire on Internet vs. Library
Name:_______________________ Year:________________________
Age:______ Gender:_____ Date:________________________ Direction: Please put check (√) on the space that corresponds to what you are actually doing, thinking, and feeling regarding the statement. There are no right and wrong answers to this questionnaire. Rest assured that your answers will be treated in strictest and will be used only for this study.
1. What is your gender? Male Female
2. What year are you in College? 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year
3. What is your average family income? Above P 5,0000 above P10,000 above P20,0000
4. Why do you use internet than going to the library?
More convenient
Easy access
Less time consuming
5. . Why do you use internet than going to the library?
More convenient
Easy access
Less time consuming
6. Do you find internet resources more accurate and credible?
Yes
No
Sometimes
7. What are the factors that made them use the internet than going to library?
More comfortable
They are many information that can be gathered
They are many information that can be gathered
8. In making assignments, do you use internet, books or both?
Internet
Books
Both
9. How often do you visit the local public library to use a computer to access the internet?
Yes
No
Sometimes
10. Which is more useful to you in doing a research?
Internet
Library
Chapter III
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter is primarily concerned with the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data gathered from College of Business Administration students of the University of Manila regarding the survey on students using more internet than using the library.
Age
Table 1
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Age
Age Frequency Percentage
16 years old 10 20%
17 years old 15 30%
18 years old 8 16%
19 years old 7 14%
Total 50 100%
In this table 1, majority of the respondents, 15 or 30% belong to the 17 years, they stated that they find internet searching more convenient and comfortable. While the least number of respondents, 7 or 14% belong to the 19 years old and they stated that they prefer to use book in researching for their paper works.
Gender
Table 2
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Gender
Age Frequency Percentage
Female 26 52%
Male 24 48%
Total 50 100%
In this table 2, majority of the respondents are female students, they comprises of 26 or 52% of the total number of respondents while there are 24 or 48% of the respondents are male. This table shows that there are more female students who are using internet or computer for their research paper than male students.
Social Status
Table 3
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Social Status
Social Status Frequency Percentage
High Income 18 36%
Middle Income 21 42%
Average Income 11 22%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to the middle income family, while there are 18 or 36% who belong to the high income family. The least number of respondents, 11 or 22% belong to the average income family. This table shows that there are more students who belong to the middle income family than those who belong to the middle income family which is only 21 or 42%.
Year
Table 4
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Year Level Year Level Frequency Percentage
1st Year 18 36%
2nd Year 21 42%
3rd Year 11 22%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to 2nd year college, while there are 18 or 36% who belong to 1st year college level. The least number of respondents, 11 or 22% belong 3rdd year college level.. This table shows that there are more respondents in the 2nd year college level.
Part II. Why do you use internet than going to the library?
Response Frequency Percentage
More convenient 20 40%
Easy access 18 36%
Less time consuming 12 24%
Total 50 100%
Table 1
In this table, it shows that majority of the respondents, 20 or 40% prefer to us internet because they find it more convenient. While there are 18 or 36% of the respondents who prefer internet that going to the library because there is easy access, even if you don not have library card, you can get the information you need for your assignments. While the least number of respondents, 12 or 24% said that there is less time consuming in doing research because they have to look for so many books unlike in internet, they would only type the research for the topic and they can easily get the information they need.
Table 2. Do you find internet resources more accurate and credible?
Response Frequency Percentage
Yes 27 54%
No 10 20%
Sometimes 13 26%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 27 or 54% stated that they find internet resources credible and it is updated. While there are 13 or 26% who stated that there are times when they find the resources less credible because it is not yet proven or published unlike those books that have been published. While the least number of respondents 10 or 20% of the respondents stated that they find internet sources les credible.
Table 3. What are the factors that made them use the internet than going to library?
Response Frequency Percentage
More comfortable 17 34%
They are many information that can be gathered 19 38%
The information are updated 16 32%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 19 or 38% stated that the internet 5 gives them more information than books and that is why they prefer to search on the internet. While, there are 17 or 34% who answered that they find internet searching more comfortable because they do not have to look for so many books in the library to get the information that they need. While the least number of respondents 16 or 36% find the information more updated than the books that can be found in the library.
Table 4. In making assignments, do you use internet, books or both?
Response Frequency Percentage
Internet 26 52%
Books 14 28%
Both 10 20%
Total 50 100%
In this table 4, majority of the respondents, 26 or 52 % uses internet or computer when searching for their assignments. While, there are, 10 or 20% who prefer both because there are some sources that cannot be found in books that is why they use internet sources or the other way around. While there are least number of respondents, 14 or 28% prefer to use books because they are more credible than the resources in the internet.
Chapter IV
SUMMARYOF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of the Findings The research deals with College of Business Administration students of the University of Manila regarding the survey on students using more internet than using the library.
1. The Demographic Profile of the Respondents:
1.1 Age
Majority of the respondents, 15 or 30% belong to the 17 years, they stated that they find internet searching more convenient and comfortable. 1.2 Gender
Majority of the respondents are female students, they comprises of 12 or 60% 1.3 Social Status
Majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to the middle income family,
1.4. Year Level
Majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to 2nd year college
2. Question Proper
2.1 Majority of the respondents, 20 or 40% prefer to us internet because they find it more convenient.
2.2. Majority of the respondents, 27 or 54% stated that they find internet resources credible and it is updated.
2.3. Majority of the respondents 19 or 38% stated that the inyernet5 gives them more information than books and that is why they prefer to search on the internet.
2.4. Majority of the respondents, 26 or 52 % uses internet or computer when searching for their assignments.
Conclusion
1. There are more respondents who use or prefer internet than library books because they find searching in the internet more convenient, less time consuming and they can search any time they want.
2. There are more students who prefer to get information in the internet because they find it more accurate and updated than books available in the library.
3. There are majority of the students who wanted to uses internet for searching information for their assignments.
Recommendation Based on the conducted study about why there are more students who prefer internet than books is because they find it more convenient for them. They do not have to go to the library to search for their assignment. But based on my observation, searching in the library is also credible when acquiring information for any research project because there is some information that you cannot find in the internet or it doesn’t give you any access like important articles.
Internet versus Library: A Comparative Study
A Research Proposal
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I. The Problem and its Background Introduction Conceptual Framework Statement of the Problem Importance of the Study Scope and Delimitation of the Study Null Hypothesis Notes in Chapter I
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THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKROUND
A. Introduction The modern technology, specifically the internet had already been a big help. The internet is an international web of interconnected networks that lets you connect to information on government, education, and the likes. It has been making studying easier for years. It forged studying effortless. Libraries become empty dark rooms because of the widespread usage of the internet. The Library is a place of knowledge. It is a room of different sources of knowledge such as reading materials where we could satisfy our cultural, informational, recreational, and educational needs. For some who doesn’t know how to use it, Library is a struggle. People have to search every book cabinet and scan every pages of the book just to find what are you looking for. That is why most of the students today prefer to scrutinize on the internet than to read in the library. Students have this mindset that Library is as boring as everyone could have ever imagine, but they haven’t thought of the significance and the actualization of learning it could share with us. Most of the students agree that it is a place of boredom, that library is more of a sleeping room rather than a learning room. They doesn’t give importance to it, that we can go through a real hands-on learning in the library. We can see and read actual hard copies of books, novels, and even magazines we love in Libraries which we can’t experience on the internet. The Internet on the other hand, is preferred by the mass because it is just a click away from the most bothering question you’ll ever had on your mind. That’s away it is widely used now a days. No more separate books and journals to interpret, nor another device for audio and visual materials to watch or listen. No more walking on the long aisle of book cabinets or searching on card catalogs. You will just need a computer set and an internet connection.
As one considers the wealth of information that is available on the internet as compared to the libraries for educational purposes, a person may be baffled as to which is best. On first glance, most people this much is true. However, most of the research is either fiction or repeated on several web sites, we would say that there is more information available on the internet and unless you know exactly where to look. There are research sites out on the internet, which a researcher will find suitable but te maybe hard to find or locked to all but academic researchers. For the children who attend any type of public or private, elementary or high school, any research for the students would be better done in the school library. The libraries in those schools offer a wealth of information at an age appropriate level, and educators can control the type on informational sources the children are researching. The internet where students in elementary to high school age levels would think to look could be the wrong place, and who knows what type of erroneous information they can find. Let face it most of the information generally found on the internet is irregular with errors, superficial and not really research information. We would not want our children to be learning the wrong information by researching the wrong web sites. The internet is the good place for college students of all types to find many sources of information on a wide variety of topics; however, it is not the only place to find multiple sources of information. The library on any college campus not only has millions of books on any subject imaginable, along with audio books, and other multimedia packages for viewing in many areas of study.
The ability to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information is known as information literacy. To be information literate, one must first acquire the foundational skills and competencies associated with general education – critical thinking and reasoning abilities, written and oral communication skills, etc. In our information based society, students must develop these skills early on so they are prepared to take advantage of opportunities, whether they are work or school related. The ability to find and retrieve information can be a challenge if you are not sure where to start. With vast resources available on the internet, students must make choices about how to access information and then which information resources to use. Students tend to use internet search engines, such as Google, to locate information resources rather than library online catalogs or databases of scholarly journal articles. These search engines index only the “surface Web”. Less than 7% of the information found here is appropriate for educational or scholarly purposes. No single search engine indexes more than 16% of the surface Web. There is little evidence that students use more than one search engine when they look for information. What is known as the “deep web” is 500 times larger and growing much faster than the surface Web. The deep Web provides information in all disciplines, for all populations, and is better in quality than the surface web. Approximately 95% of deep web content is publicly accessible without fees or subscriptions. Deep web content is not indexed and therefore not accessible using popular search engines.
Students are often unable to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate resources. If the information is not available on the internet, it does not exist for them. Librarians and faculty express concern that students do not know how to adequately evaluate the quality of information resources found on the internet.
By limiting their research to the internet, students are ignoring the books, journals, databases, full-text digital resources and other scholarly materials provided by the library. In many academic libraries, use of print resources is decreasing. Use of video and other media appears to be increasing. Ignoring library resources in lieu of web resources may imperil the quality of student learning. You may find instructors who do not allow their students to use web resources in class projects for this very reason. Faculty can have an enormous influence over student choices for research resources.
Undergraduate students who use library resources report the following:
• 76% of undergraduates utilized electronic databases/article indexes within the last year.
• 75% of undergraduates reported using library print materials within the last year.
• 77% of undergraduates reported using computer access at the library
• 44% of undergraduates indicated having used electronic journals available through the library
• 23% of undergraduate students utilized Interlibrary Loan services at their library
• 41% of undergraduates have used print reserves at their library
Academic libraries are making changes to try to engage more students. Some libraries are following the Leavey library model and are transforming part of their physical space into information commons, multimedia production areas, classrooms, or all three. 83% of undergraduates report not using the library due to inconvenient operating hours. Because of this, some libraries are experimenting with 24-hour access of library facilities. Most already provide 24-hour access to digital library collections and services. Research has shown that a barrier to academic library usage is often that students don’t know what services their library offers. Most libraries offer tours and library instruction. Try to take advantage of any training the library offers. Familiarize yourself with your Library’s web site and the resources available there. Resources found at the library can elevate your academic performance. It’s a good idea to begin your research on the internet to acquire background and introductory information. Use the information you find to seek out additional, more detailed information at the library. If you still insist on using the internet for your research, make sure your information is as legitimate as possible. Some things to look for when evaluating web sites are:
• Accuracy Who wrote the page? Is this person qualified to write this document? What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced? Know the difference between author and webmaster.
• Authority Who published the document and are they separate from the webmaster? Check the domain – what institution published this document? Does the publisher list their qualifications?
• Objectivity What goals/objectives does this page meet? How detailed is the information? What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author? Determine if the page is a mask for advertising – if so, check for bias.
• Currency How old is the information? When the page was last updated?
• Coverage Are the links evaluated and do they complement the theme? Is there a balance of text and images? Is the information cited correctly? If the page requires special software, how much do you miss if you don’t have the software? Is the information free or is there a fee? Is there an option for text only,or a suggested browser for better viewing
B. Conceptual Framework
The purpose of this paper is to propose and partially validate a high-level conceptual framework to aid in the better understanding of the reasons why they chose internet than library.
A statement of objectives helps students focus on the research-related skills they should learn as a result of the assignment. The following example might be appropriate for a term paper in the social sciences or humanities. As a result of this assignment, students should learn to:
• Develop a suitable topic for research, using the library reference collection and other sources of background information.
• Select and use the most appropriate library catalogs, article databases and printed indexes, and Internet search tools to locate relevant and timely materials.
• Distinguish between popular and scholarly sources and detect signs of bias, whether the material is in printed form or on the Internet.
• Quote and cite sources in a way that gives proper credit and avoids plagiarism. The study focuses on the reasons why they use internet more than library.
C. Statement of the Problem
The general problem is: Why students use internet more than using library?
Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of respondents according to:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Social Status
d. Year
2. What are the factors that made them chose to use internet than to use library in researching?
3. What are their reasons why they use internet more than library?
D. Importance of the Study
This research paper is important in the present because there are many students who prefer to use the computer or internet than going to the library for research. Through the result of this paper, many students as well as the readers who will realize the significance of which is more credible, the internet search or the library books.
E. Scope and Limitation of the Study
The researcher delimits its scope to the various reasons why there are more students who prefer to use internet than going to the library. The results of the survey are being tabulated, analyze and interpreted.
F. Methodology
The study is a comparative-descriptive study. This is appropriate for the purpose of the study as it attempts to compare the number of students who prefer to use internet in searching than going to the library.
G. Null Hypothesis
Based on the three specific problems which are of concern of this research, problem 1 is hypothesis-free. For problems 2 however, the null hypotheses were stated.
Ho: There is no significant relationship between the use of internet and the use of library.
NOTES IN CHAPTER I
RESEARCH: INTERNET vs. LIBRARY ... Both web-based and traditional library resources are useful when conducting research. ... library.mcneese.edu/tutorial/advantages. The IEEE Digital Library (IEL) is available to the DOST System. It is IP-based, thus everyone in the DOST System can access and download ... www.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com...digital-library –
7 Jan 2007 ... GROWING IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET ACCESS TO LIBRARY USERS. Visits to public libraries last year increased by one percent, despite a two percent ... www.publicnet.co.uk/.../growing-importance-of-internet-access-to-library-users/ CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In this section some of the reviewed literatures and researches are presented for better appreciation of the present study.
Foreign Literature
The internet has unlimited information. The best part of the internet according to experts is that it has unlimited sources of information. The internet is also easy to research rather in library books. Students under distance learning program can easily use the net since they are considered computer savvy already. It is understood that they can do well as far as researching on the topics they need.
The internet can give you all information you need in minutes while the library books cannot. This is also true. In the net you only need to type the keyword about the topic you are going to research and in just minutes after typing the keyword in the search engine the information is already in front of you. The traditional library has limited information. It all depends on how many books are there about the topic you need to discover.
The internet gives exact information about the many countries of the world. You just have to visit Wikipedia and you can have good information you need. Worldwide information is now easily distributed all over the world with the presence of the top key players. You can always be updated about the most important topic you care for.
Students under the student’s loan consolidation program who find themselves cash trapped can use internet to further their research. Internet is the cheapest source of information rather than photocopying from pages to pages on books students borrow from the libraries.
A Spokane billboard shows the shocked face of a grade-schooler as his computer screen reports over 9 million "finds" on his "search." The ad is plugging libraries, with the text suggesting that the student would have been better served with the help of a librarian. Virginia "Ginny" Steel, director of libraries at WSU and professional librarian for 21 years would agree. Of itself, the Internet is not the problem. Knowing how to find and evaluate information can be.
But a recent article in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" suggests that students are deserting the traditional library in favor of online information. Dorm rooms and classrooms have Internet connections. WSU’s Samuel H. Smith (CUE) building, with online classrooms and even a "café" sporting the electronic hookups, has been touted as a modern marvel for education.
Electronic technology has not rendered the traditional library obsolete, but rather has extended its reach and made it more efficient. And greater technological sophistication will allow the library to keep changing to meet the needs and expectations of users. Keeping pace with these changes will require library professionals to take more technology classes. Technology has developed so much that it is almost crucial to have electronic devices at home. Our life has gotten so used to having technology around us that we can’t imagine our lives without them. However, while having electronic devices at home could be comfortable and handy at times, it could also have negative effect on children, especially on teenagers. Parents usually buy computers for their children’s educational resource. But teenagers, who always seek fun activities around them, use computer to play games, chat with friends and to catch up with the latest gossip on celebrities. And before they know it, they are addicted to computer. Computer can cause teenagers to be physically, and mentally ill, and the more the child spends more time on computer, the more he/she loses time to focus on academics, and to talk to their family. Many teenagers who use the computers don’t seem realize that sitting in front of the computer is harmful at all. The electromagnetic waves from the computer-screen make our brain cells get stiffen every second. Human eyes can also lose its focus and get dehydrated easily because the ELF, VLF, RF and MICROWAVE (types of injurious electromagnetic waves). These harmful waves can cause headache, drop in eyesight, a brain tumor and leucosis in the worst case. Moreover, sitting in front of computer without exercising makes the teenager unhealthy. But this is not the only harmful cause of computer addiction.
Local Literature
The internet could really make studying a hundred times easier but a million times lazier as well. Students will just have to sit, type their questions and answers pop out instantly. There is no value for learning anymore. Most of the time, the internet just shows pictures of books, or excerpt from novels. Those are the reasons why internet still cannot replace the worth of the Library. We can still rely on the information the room of knowledge would share to us. Library is prompt, if you know how to use it. It is also reliable and more efficient when applying to the studying process.
On the whole, Library still weighs heavier than internet. It’s not the number of words you know or the questions you can answer that is essential after all, but it’s the value of learning that is significant to us. It’s not how fast you find answers but it’s how well do you answer. That is the real learning we could acquire from a library. Kids and students of the new generation should still know how to use a library somewhere and somehow. If not for the worth of studying, for learning at least.
Foreign Studies
Information literacy is the focus. Helping students and faculty understand the world of information what it is, where it is, how to determine quality, what you can believe is the specialty of the trained librarian, especially at WSU.
So the traditional library is still viable, but the availability of electronic databases and journals are changing the WSU system.
As one example, the library is canceling print subscriptions if a reliable, archived electronic form is available at a reasonable cost. WSU has and will continue to acquire electronic books, but judiciously and with caution. Libraries must license access to these materials, as opposed to buying copies. And the e-book business is uncertain; early players in the field are dropping out.
"It is a complex and rapidly changing environment," Steel declares. "More than ever, WSU must spend wisely, understanding and minimizing the risk."
Electronically, the WSU libraries link to the Web and to a system with multiple capabilities, including the catalog of holdings and acquisitions system, all shared with Eastern Washington University. Distance education and branches rely on electronic information, but they have not abandoned print.
Steel has to look at all the factors of the electronic scenario. Online doesn’t necessarily mean "better." There are advantages and disadvantages.
For one thing, electronic media is often more expensive. Access to online periodicals isn’t free. The WSU libraries have digital copies of WSU dissertations, but the university can’t digitize published books because of copyright. Digitizing special collections which WSU owns outright or books on which the copyright has expired costs about $7 per page or more if they require special handling.
Steel agrees with Danial Baker that the Drug Information Center at the Riverpoint campus in Spokane couldn’t function without its electronic link to the WSU libraries. And electronic links can deliver more than text. For example, audio resources on the Web allow music students to listen to recordings that might not otherwise be readily available.
But those links can’t deliver anything if the power grid goes down. An ice storm like the one that hit Spokane in 1996, or just a downed power line, will send students who are facing research deadlines scurrying back to the library and printed resources.
Steel says WSU’s library staff encourages students to use the best sources available, regardless of format. If online makes more sense, that is where the researcher is directed.
The computer is not the only change agent in the library.
Libraries are turning "attractive" with comfortable furniture, stylish atmosphere and creature comforts such as food and drink. This is not a passing fad but a reflection of student expectation, based on their upbringing and experience, says Steel. She is sympathetic to someone wanting coffee or a snack to be comfortable in the library environment. And she believes today’s library can and should fulfill a social and cultural role. Art exhibits and other attractions are part of that.
What about the "silence" libraries used to insist upon? Professor Harold Hill, from the movie, "The Music Man," could threaten the public library’s scholarly atmosphere with a bag of marbles, and he disrupted the sanctum by singing and dancing with Marian the librarian. "I remember that movie," laughs Steel. "But I don’t think it will ever go that far."
"People come to see people," she says. "The library is a main gathering place. There are still quiet places for study, but other areas are now available where conversation, collaboration and group study are encouraged." Electronic technology has not rendered the traditional library obsolete, but rather has extended its reach and made it more efficient. And greater technological sophistication will allow the library to keep changing to meet the needs and expectations of users. Keeping pace with these changes will require library professionals to take more technology classes.
But in the stream of change, libraries will still collect printed and bound works and provide on-site services. The traditional library is here to stay.
"Nationally, there is a perception that use is way down, but this is not so at WSU," remarks Steel. Students use the traditional libraries at WSU heavily, she says. A survey from a year ago showed 41 percent of the campus population visited weekly.
"This figure is ‘down’ slightly, but the buildings are far from deserted," said Steel. "Students are lining up for the computers at Holland/New Library, but traditional resources are still being used. Students still come for help and study," she asserts.
WSU has six different libraries with different hours and different focus. The Holland/New Library for social sciences, business, humanities and fine arts is the largest. The Owen library for science and engineering is the second largest. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of study these days, people tend to visit more than one library. Holland’s busiest time is late morning through the afternoon; its busiest days are Monday and Tuesday. Key times of the semester are a factor.
Steel says WSU libraries boast more than 2 million items and some 30,000 serial publications. In the last five years, more than 33 percent of these resources have been checked out. This figure is higher than in many research libraries. Last year, 812,000 items were checked out or used in-house, a figure that is average for a library system the size of WSU’s and yet one that represents a slight decrease for the university.
Funding for WSU libraries overall has declined because of statewide budget reductions. "However, decreased funding for collections has not been continuous," says Steel. "In fact, the latest allocation saw an increase in the collections budget."
She is concerned that students tend to believe everything on the Web. But a researcher can be misled with wrong or obsolete information from sources less than credible. Everyone needs occasional guidance in looking for and trusting information, something she fears is not available with independent online searches.
"Today’s students grew up with PCs," she explains. "Their expectations are different. They need to be taught about print resources." And even though many students have Web "surfing" experience, she feels most still need to be taught how to navigate through the electronic information environment.
The traditional library has items selected by qualified librarians who are really "information specialists." They strive to acquire works from reputable publishers. Internet self-publishers are suspect. A trained librarian can tell the difference in both quality and credibility.
Probably, most people don’t think of the librarian as a type of teacher or as a skilled professional, or realize that a librarian must have a graduate degree. Steel has a B.A. in comparative literature from Rochester, N.Y., and a master’s in library science from the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago. These are typical credentials for librarians. She adds that a librarian’s master’s degree should come from a school accredited by the American Library Association. Universities often hire librarians who have advance degrees in other fields.
Linh Nguyen, a French and English junior, is among the 2 percent of college students who use the University's library Web site to find information before search engines.
"You can trust the information from the library's Web site more than the stuff you find on Google," Nguyen said.
Local Studies
High School students use libraries more than most people, but according to a new report, the Internet still comes first when looking for information. The findings, "College Students' Perceptions of Library Information Resources," evaluated 396 college students' views about libraries and information resources.
The report found that college students use library resources more than the general population, but the Internet is the first place students go for information.
The most popular way college students find information is through Internet search engines. Eighty-nine percent of students use Internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo, while 2 percent start an information search with a library Web site, according to the report released this month. The survey reported a margin of error of plus or minus 1.69 percentage points at a 95-percent confidence level for the online population of the surveyed countries.
"Why wouldn't (college students use search engines)? It's easy and it's broad-based," said Cathy De Rosa, vice president of marketing and library services for the Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit computer library service and research organization that conducted the report.
Still, college students use library resources more than the general public. While 90 percent of college students have a library card, only 72 percent of the general public have one, according to the report.
Eighteen percent of college students use a public library weekly while only 13 percent of the respondents overall do, according to the report. "I thought it was really encouraging to see how much they are using the library on campus," De Rosa said.
University library officials did not return calls for comment.
De Rosa pointed out college students might use libraries more than any other group because they need it for their coursework, but she said it's also because college students are good at navigating the resources libraries offer.
Some students, such as mechanical engineering junior Shawn Sullivan, disagreed.
He said college students don't use the library very often.
"(Students) don't use the library because they think they can find what they need on the Internet," Sullivan said.
The report surveyed people online in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore and India. "It was surprising how universal (the results) were," De Rosa said. The numbers for library use were consistent across the six countries in the study. There is so much more information available via the internet. There is no reason to limit yourself to the selection of books that your local library has on the shelves. Not using the internet would be terrible time management. Easier, the internet you type it into Google and it does all the searching for you. Going to the library takes time - you have to go there, look up a number of books, find those books, look through those books, realize that they are all horrible and can’t use them due to the fact that they are written 20 years ago.
NOTES IN CHAPTER II
Internet Vs Library Research Which Is Better? Conducting research is something that every student will eventually have to do. Research projects are done in ... www.articledashboard.com/.../Internet-vs-Library Study: How The American Public Benefits from Internet and ... to public libraries connected to the Internet using a library computer or ...librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/.../study-how-the-american-public-benefits-from-internet-and-computer-access-at-public-libraries/
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology that will be use in the conduct of this study and will include the discussion of research design, samplings, respondents, data gathering and statistical instrument used.
A. The Research Design The study will use the comparative survey design in its attempt to determine, describe and analyze and compare the difference between the internet and the library which is the study habits. Different authors give their definition of comparative research as follows: The comparative method is often used in the early stages of the development of a branch of science. It can help the researcher to ascend from the initial level of exploratory case studies to a more advanced level of general theoretical models, invariance’s, such as causality or evolution. The design of comparative research is simple. Your objects are specimens or cases which are similar in some respects (otherwise, it would not be meaningful to compare them) but they differ in some respects. These differences become the focus of examination. The goal is to find out why the cases are different: to reveal the general underlying structure which generates or allows such a variation. The method is also versatile: you can use it in detail work as a complement to other methods, or the entire structure of a research project can consist of the comparison of just a few cases. In comparative study, you are examining two (or more) cases, specimens or events, often in the form of a table such as can be seen on the right where a column is reserved for each case, here called "Case 1" and "Case 2". On the basis of the target of your study you have to decide which are the interesting aspects, properties or attributes that you will have to note and record for each of the cases. In the table on the right, these aspects are called A, B and C. During the process of analysis, you then can add new aspects or drop out fruitless ones. Those aspects that are similar in both the cases need not be recorded, because here you are not making two case studies but only a comparison of the cases. The final goal of research is usually to reveal the systematic structure, invariance, that is true not only for the cases that were studied, but for the entire group (population) where the cases came from. In other words, the goal is to generalize the findings. Of course, it would be foolhardy to assert anything about a larger group, if your study consisted of just two cases. The plausibility of your generalization will increase, if you have instead of "Case 1", several cases from the same group, let us call it "Group 1", and similarly several cases from "Group 2". If all or the majority of these pairs show the same invariance, its credibility will quickly rise. There are statistical methods to calculate the credibility, or statistical significance of the findings. The question whether they found invariance then is true even outside the population, is something that the researcher normally leaves to be speculated by the readers of his report.
In the case that you wish to compare more than two groups, or the number of cases is large, the study begins to approach classification, a method that is discussed on another page.
In comparative like in most other studies there are two different styles, both of which will be discussed below:
• Descriptive Comparison aims at describing and perhaps also explaining the invariance’s of the objects. It does not aim at generating changes in the objects, on the contrary, it usually tries to avoid them.
• A special style of research is needed when the aim is not just to detect and explain but also to improve the present state of the object, or to help improving or developing similar objects in the future. This is the technique of Normative Comparison.
Descriptive Comparison According to Calderon, Manuel and Medel, descriptive research describes “what is.” It involves the description, recording, analysis, and interpretation of the present nature, composition, or process of phenomena. The focus is on prevailing conditions, on how a person, group, or thing behaves or functions in the present. It often involves some type of comparison or contrast. (Manuel and Medel pp.25) Descriptive method is concerned with conditions of relationships that exist; practices that prevail; beliefs; processes that are going on; effects that being felt; or trends that are developing. The process of descriptive research goes beyond mere gathering and tabulating of data. It involves the elements or interpretation of the meaning or significance of what is described. The description is often combined with comparison and contrast involving measurements, classifications, interpretations, and evaluation. (Cited by Sanchez, pp.83)
B. Samplings and Respondents Freshmen Students who are enrolled during the recent school year at Bulacan Polytechnic College which is comprised 5 percent of the total population will the sample size of the study. The names of the students of the total population will be arranged alphabetically and according to year levels. Simple stratified random method, proportionate to size will be done based on the random numbers generated by Minitab or Excel. Names will then be picked up and these will be included in the sample population.
C. Research Settings The study will be conducted at Bulacan Polytechnic College, Obando Campus, Paliwas, Obando, Bulacan.
D. Data Gathering The researchers will ask permission from the Campus Directress to allow the freshmen student to answer the questionnaire. Answered questionnaires then, will be gather, responses coded and will be subject to the appropriate statistical computation for reliability. These students name will then be deleted from the list of the total population so as not to include them again in the selection of the sample population.
E. Instruments Use Self- developed questionnaire composed of 10 items questions will be use to measure the number of students who prefer to use internet in searching than going to the library.
NOTES IN CHAPTER III
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The Researchers
Survey Questionnaire on Internet vs. Library
Name:_______________________ Year:________________________
Age:______ Gender:_____ Date:________________________ Direction: Please put check (√) on the space that corresponds to what you are actually doing, thinking, and feeling regarding the statement. There are no right and wrong answers to this questionnaire. Rest assured that your answers will be treated in strictest and will be used only for this study.
1. What is your gender? Male Female
2. What year are you in College? 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year
3. What is your average family income? Above P 5,0000 above P10,000 above P20,0000
4. Why do you use internet than going to the library?
More convenient
Easy access
Less time consuming
5. . Why do you use internet than going to the library?
More convenient
Easy access
Less time consuming
6. Do you find internet resources more accurate and credible?
Yes
No
Sometimes
7. What are the factors that made them use the internet than going to library?
More comfortable
They are many information that can be gathered
They are many information that can be gathered
8. In making assignments, do you use internet, books or both?
Internet
Books
Both
9. How often do you visit the local public library to use a computer to access the internet?
Yes
No
Sometimes
10. Which is more useful to you in doing a research?
Internet
Library
Chapter III
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter is primarily concerned with the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data gathered from College of Business Administration students of the University of Manila regarding the survey on students using more internet than using the library.
Age
Table 1
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Age
Age Frequency Percentage
16 years old 10 20%
17 years old 15 30%
18 years old 8 16%
19 years old 7 14%
Total 50 100%
In this table 1, majority of the respondents, 15 or 30% belong to the 17 years, they stated that they find internet searching more convenient and comfortable. While the least number of respondents, 7 or 14% belong to the 19 years old and they stated that they prefer to use book in researching for their paper works.
Gender
Table 2
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Gender
Age Frequency Percentage
Female 26 52%
Male 24 48%
Total 50 100%
In this table 2, majority of the respondents are female students, they comprises of 26 or 52% of the total number of respondents while there are 24 or 48% of the respondents are male. This table shows that there are more female students who are using internet or computer for their research paper than male students.
Social Status
Table 3
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Social Status
Social Status Frequency Percentage
High Income 18 36%
Middle Income 21 42%
Average Income 11 22%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to the middle income family, while there are 18 or 36% who belong to the high income family. The least number of respondents, 11 or 22% belong to the average income family. This table shows that there are more students who belong to the middle income family than those who belong to the middle income family which is only 21 or 42%.
Year
Table 4
The Frequency Percentage of the Respondents According to Year Level Year Level Frequency Percentage
1st Year 18 36%
2nd Year 21 42%
3rd Year 11 22%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to 2nd year college, while there are 18 or 36% who belong to 1st year college level. The least number of respondents, 11 or 22% belong 3rdd year college level.. This table shows that there are more respondents in the 2nd year college level.
Part II. Why do you use internet than going to the library?
Response Frequency Percentage
More convenient 20 40%
Easy access 18 36%
Less time consuming 12 24%
Total 50 100%
Table 1
In this table, it shows that majority of the respondents, 20 or 40% prefer to us internet because they find it more convenient. While there are 18 or 36% of the respondents who prefer internet that going to the library because there is easy access, even if you don not have library card, you can get the information you need for your assignments. While the least number of respondents, 12 or 24% said that there is less time consuming in doing research because they have to look for so many books unlike in internet, they would only type the research for the topic and they can easily get the information they need.
Table 2. Do you find internet resources more accurate and credible?
Response Frequency Percentage
Yes 27 54%
No 10 20%
Sometimes 13 26%
Total 50 100%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 27 or 54% stated that they find internet resources credible and it is updated. While there are 13 or 26% who stated that there are times when they find the resources less credible because it is not yet proven or published unlike those books that have been published. While the least number of respondents 10 or 20% of the respondents stated that they find internet sources les credible.
Table 3. What are the factors that made them use the internet than going to library?
Response Frequency Percentage
More comfortable 17 34%
They are many information that can be gathered 19 38%
The information are updated 16 32%
In this table, majority of the respondents, 19 or 38% stated that the internet 5 gives them more information than books and that is why they prefer to search on the internet. While, there are 17 or 34% who answered that they find internet searching more comfortable because they do not have to look for so many books in the library to get the information that they need. While the least number of respondents 16 or 36% find the information more updated than the books that can be found in the library.
Table 4. In making assignments, do you use internet, books or both?
Response Frequency Percentage
Internet 26 52%
Books 14 28%
Both 10 20%
Total 50 100%
In this table 4, majority of the respondents, 26 or 52 % uses internet or computer when searching for their assignments. While, there are, 10 or 20% who prefer both because there are some sources that cannot be found in books that is why they use internet sources or the other way around. While there are least number of respondents, 14 or 28% prefer to use books because they are more credible than the resources in the internet.
Chapter IV
SUMMARYOF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of the Findings The research deals with College of Business Administration students of the University of Manila regarding the survey on students using more internet than using the library.
1. The Demographic Profile of the Respondents:
1.1 Age
Majority of the respondents, 15 or 30% belong to the 17 years, they stated that they find internet searching more convenient and comfortable. 1.2 Gender
Majority of the respondents are female students, they comprises of 12 or 60% 1.3 Social Status
Majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to the middle income family,
1.4. Year Level
Majority of the respondents, 21 or 42% of the respondents belong to 2nd year college
2. Question Proper
2.1 Majority of the respondents, 20 or 40% prefer to us internet because they find it more convenient.
2.2. Majority of the respondents, 27 or 54% stated that they find internet resources credible and it is updated.
2.3. Majority of the respondents 19 or 38% stated that the inyernet5 gives them more information than books and that is why they prefer to search on the internet.
2.4. Majority of the respondents, 26 or 52 % uses internet or computer when searching for their assignments.
Conclusion
1. There are more respondents who use or prefer internet than library books because they find searching in the internet more convenient, less time consuming and they can search any time they want.
2. There are more students who prefer to get information in the internet because they find it more accurate and updated than books available in the library.
3. There are majority of the students who wanted to uses internet for searching information for their assignments.
Recommendation Based on the conducted study about why there are more students who prefer internet than books is because they find it more convenient for them. They do not have to go to the library to search for their assignment. But based on my observation, searching in the library is also credible when acquiring information for any research project because there is some information that you cannot find in the internet or it doesn’t give you any access like important articles.
Internet versus Library: A Comparative Study
A Research Proposal
I
Table of Contents
Chapter Page
I. The Problem and its Background Introduction Conceptual Framework Statement of the Problem Importance of the Study Scope and Delimitation of the Study Null Hypothesis Notes in Chapter I
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II. Review of Related Literature and Study Foreign Literature Local Literature Foreign Studies Local Studies Notes in Chapter II
10 – 12
12 -13
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17 -19
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III. Research Methodology Research Design Samplings and Respondents Research Settings Data Gathering
Instruments Use Notes in Chapter III Researcher’s Survey Questionnaire 21 – 24
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