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It was recommended that faculty members should be trained on how to make use of the most used reference management software.Īmrutha, R. It was concluded that there is a positive significant relationship between awareness and usage of reference management software by faculty members. It was found that there is low usage of reference management software among faculty of the University of Ilorin and that most of the faculty members have never used ProCites, Bookends, Papers and Qiqqa. Results show that faculty members were aware of EndNote and Mendeley to great extent. The findings of the study revealed that EndNote and Mendeley are the most used reference management software by faculty members of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). Hence, the response rate for the study is 32%. From which the sample size of 306 was selected using Raosoft sample size calculator and total responses of 98 was returned, which represents the unit of analysis. The total population of the study is 1,496 people.
The Web-based questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. This study examined the awareness and usage of reference management software by faculty members of the University of Ilorin.