Abstract

Thisstudy examines the awareness anduse ofthe internet among undergraduate student ofMichael Okpara University ofAgriculture, Umudike, (MOUA U). To achieve the purpose ofthe study, four objectives wereformulated. The research design usedwas descriptive survey. Thepopulation ofthe study is 230, consisted ofundergraduate students across levels 100 to 400. The census methodwas adoptedin studying the entirepopulation. The instrumentfor data collection was questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed using thefourpoint Likertscale. Two hundredand thirty/ copies (230) of the questionnaire were administeredand two hundredthirty’ was correctlyfdledandreturned. Data was analysed using mean score andfrequency table. The findings ofthe study revealed that the undergraduate students use the internetfor academic purposes, sending and receiving of email, entertainment and recreation and news. A major finding ofthe study was that there is high level of internet awareness among the undergraduate students ofMichael Okpara University, Umudike. All the respondents indicated awareness ofinternet. This means that students ofMOUAUare utilizing the internet services, and are able to browse the internet, send e-mail and downloadfiles. The findings also shows that students also engage in academic activities which include checking background information for assignments, downloading ofPDF scholarly articles and research publications, andfillingforms and checking on the universityportals. The major constraint to the use ofinternet by undergraduate studentsin MOUAUis the high cost ofinternet accessfollowed by the irregularpower supply, low internet skills is also a challenge to using the internet. The study recommendedthat; internetsubscriptionsshouldbe subsidizedby the school management to enable undergraduate students benefit morefrom the services. Library managers should leverage on the wide use ofthe internet by students to promote information and library services via social media, andfinally, the schoolmanagementshouldprovide regular or adequatepowersupply.