JOURNAL AVAilABILITY AND USE BY UNDERGRADUATE
Abstract
Journal citations in 120 of the 443 undergraduate projects written between 1987 and 1999 in the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and deposited with the University Library were collated and analyzed. This was to identify the availability and use of scientific journals in the field of agriculture. The highest number of citations occurred in 1990 while 1998 and 1999 had the least. The most cited journal was Journal of Food Science (n=83). This was followed by Journal of Animal Science (n=38). The 10 most cited journals accounted for 40.74% of the total citations, with their highest citation occurring in 1997. Of the 197 journal titles cited, 23 were available in FUTO Library. Except the Departments of AgriculturalEconomics /- Extension, the other three Departments had at least two of the ten most cited journals availability during the study period. Of the 23 titles available “in the Library, ten showed inverse relationship between the year of most current issue and that of last citation, suggesting a need for journal title review in the area of agriculture.
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