Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 2, No. 1, 1990

Library Use Skills of University Students and Their Relationship to Their Academic Achievement / Anmar Kaylani, Omar Hamshari

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between library use skills of university students and their academic achievement. Also, it examined the relationship between those variables in relation to certain demographic variables: (1) sex (2) college (3) level of study (4) level of study and college (5) sex and level of study and (6) sex and college. The sample for the study consisted of 344 students from the University of Jordan. Yarmouk University. and the University of Sciences and Technology in the third and fourth year of study. The statistical tests did not reveal significant relationship (at the 0.05 level) between student skills of Library use and academic achievement. Also, significant relationships between those variables in relations to sex. college. level of study. level of study and college, sex and level of study and sex and college were not found.