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    Access and use of e-resources by livestock researchers in selected livestock research institutes in Tanzania.
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2008) Angello, Consolata
    This study was conducted to investigate the access and use of e-resources in which the role of livestock research institutes in facilitating accessibility and use of the e-resources by livestock researchers in Tanzania was determined. The methodology adopted for the study was survey in which both questionnaires and interviews were used in collection of the data, in addition to observations. A total of 50 respondents were included in the study. The study revealed a wide range of findings one of them being lack of awareness among the livestock researchers on various e-resources. The study also revealed that, livestock research institutes in Tanzania have very few e-resources for their researchers because this is not a priority in these institutions. Lack of Information Literacy (lL) skills among the researchers was found to be a limiting factor for these researchers, leading to lack of awareness and difficulties in the accessibility and use of the resources. The study concluded that livestock research institutes do not play their role in making the e-resources available to the researchers and ensuring that the researchers are aware of the resources so that they can access and use them effectively in their research work. Researchers in these institutions recommended for improvement of internet connectivity to enable efficient information searching from the internet. They also recommended for their institutions to subscribe to various e-resources and offer IL training opportunities in order to increase the accessibility and use of e-resources.