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Dube, Tinyiko Vivian – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article aims to present the Open Distance eLearning library processes for requesting information resources using the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). OPAC is known as a platform used by library clients to check the availability of information resources from the entire library collection. ODeL libraries also use the OPAC, not as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Mulwo, Abraham Kiprop; Chemai, Lemmy – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The current framework for integrating HIV/AIDS into university curriculum is mainly informed by the need to make HIV/AIDS education relevant to specific disciplines, and to equip graduates with necessary skills to respond to HIV/AIDS in their professional capacities. This strategy mainly emphasizes content and knowledge and largely ignores the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), College Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sexuality
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Sibanda, Jabulani; Begede, Martin P. – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study employed the survey design on a purposive sample of 100 English Second Language (ESL) teachers from Swaziland and South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, to investigate the extent to which they accessed, utilised and conducted research to better their practice. A survey questionnaire and follow-up structured interviews generated…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Access to Information, English (Second Language), Teacher Researchers
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Stern, Erin; Cooper, Diane; Gibbs, Andrew – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2015
While much research has documented unsatisfactory sexual and reproductive health (SRH) awareness among young people in South Africa, understanding of gender differences in access to and evaluation of SRH information is limited. This paper concerned itself with men and women's informal sources and content of SRH, and gendered divergences around…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Access to Information, Information Sources, Sexuality
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Abiona, Titilayo; Balogun, Joseph; Yohannes, Eden; Adefuye, Adedeji; Yakut, Yavuz; Amosun, Seyi; Frantz, Jose – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: To examine HIV/AIDS knowledge, perceptions of knowledge and sources of HIV information among university students in four countries with different HIV prevalence rates. Methods: A survey was completed by 2,570 randomly selected university students from the USA, Turkey, South Africa and Nigeria. Logistic regression analysis was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Knowledge Level, Attitude Measures
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Lotriet, Hugo; Matthee, Machdel; Alexander, Patricia – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
The career choice model of Adya and Kaiser posits the availability of technology resources as a structural element impacting on career choice. The model distinguishes between accessibility at school and at home. Based on this theoretical point of departure and by arguing a link between choice of major and choice of field of career, this paper…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Access to Information, Access to Computers, Internet
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Swanepoel, A. J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
What types of information sources do masters and doctoral (M and D) students at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) use most, how do the patterns of use differ across subject disciplines and faculties, and to what extent does the Library and Information Services (LIS) keep or provide access to the journals that are mostly used by M and D…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Information Sources, Citation Analysis, Theses
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Ocholla, Dennis N. – International Information & Library Review, 1999
Examines the information-seeking behavior of academics in South Africa, presenting a survey conducted at the University of Zululand. Presents results in 9 tables in terms of: rank and position; information resources used; how knowledge of existence of information sources is gained; generation of professional ideas; why academics seek information;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Access to Information, College Faculty
Stadler, Catherine – 1993
The question of the provision of libraries to support primary and secondary education in South Africa has been overlooked by most education departments and educators and is not a focal point of current education planning. The present provision of library services by the different education authorities is generally poor; school libraries have long…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Finance, Educational Practices, Educational Resources