Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Library is a place to go when you need to know, it is

a place where you can see lots of books, written or printed

materials that can support the curriculum of the users being

served. The La Salle University Libraries and Media Centers

aims to provide different formats to enhance classroom

instruction, encourage research, and promote continuous

education through the use of its resources. La Salle

University Libraries and Media Center not only provides

books but an also electronic resource which is the ProQuest.

ProQuest is a gateway to the world’s knowledge that is

from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to

news, in all forms this include electronic and microform

information products and services to different institutions.

This takes the role of important to libraries and

organizations whose mission is depending on the delivery of

complete and trustworthy information. This known database

contains extensive general reference resource providing

access to many publications with more than those in full

text (Curtis, 2005).

The advantage of having this kind of resources is that

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it is widely known and it is used by many institutions in

the Philippines like De La Salle University, Ateneo,

University of the Philippines, etc, and its proven useful in

all kinds of needs.

The database includes citations of graduate and

undergraduate works ranging from the first U.S.

dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as

recently as last semester. Of the 2.3 million graduate works

included in the database, ProQuest offers more than 1.9

million in full text formats. Of those, over 860,000 are

available in PDF format. More than 60,000 dissertations and

theses are added to the database each year.

La Salle University-Ozamiz City subscribes this

database because of the partnership with De La Salle

Philippines (DLSP) and it gives only a minimal fee from the

original fee of subscription which is P1,619,953.34.

ProQuest can be accessed in campus and off-campus. For

off-campus, the user makes it sure that there is an internet

connection by searching the URL search.proquest.com and type

the I.D. number and password and for in-campus there is no

need for you to log-in since it was being programmed already

to all computers inside the campus. The users also can make

his/her account for continuously reading the article and can

save his/her time to access the information again. ProQuest

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can be accessed in integrated school and LSU Heritage

campus.

The library promotes the resources by posting it to

the library bulletin board and electronic board, by posting

the poster in the entrance of the library, by posting the

URL in the front of the computer below the monitor, and the

Library and Media Centers also conducted orientation on how

to use the ProQuest.

Therefore, the researchers would like to conduct a

study to know whether the students are using or not using

ProQuest, whether the students aware the availability of

ProQuest,there frequency to the usage of proQuest, the

reasons of using ProQuest and the barriers in using

ProQuest.

Review of Related Literature

ProQuest connects people to information anywhere they

study, work, invent or seek to learn.

According on Reitz (2004), ProQuest is an information

service that supply online indexing of articles published in

thousands of current publication, including the full-text of

a important number of titles. ProQuest in one of the leading

aggregators of journals accessible in electronic format

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relies on the widespread UMI microfilm collection to enlarge

its digital back files. 

According to Scheeren (2010) (in De Seta, 2004) stated

that e-journals in reality is the infinite mass of research

publications that are available in the databases or in

electronic format and more sources are available there. Some

of these sources are for free subscription and others are

fee-based.

E-journals are being widely used in any aspect for a

variety of purposes by all users, they are used for study,

academic research, publishing articles/books, for their

thesis, finding reliable information in the area of

specialization, and completion of assignments and seminar or

orientation presentations.

ProQuest enormous information band, built through

organization with content creators, finds the way through

technological modernization that enables users to quickly

find the right information and can access in a minimal time.

According to Curtis (2005), if library serves a

university community that is primarily undergraduates, many

of them will be looking for articles in scholarly journals

that are readable by non-specialist. They would be better

off in one of the general indexes like ProQuest research

databases.

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The decision-making process for subscribing of

electronic resources materials usually includes a

determination of content, access, reliability, bias and how

the information will support the needs of the library client

and additional consideration is that the cost of the

databases and the library's technical ability to support it.

Electronic resources have given users the impression

that they do not need a library or librarian since they can

find full-text material on the internet, can do research

from home or the office without even going to the library,

and can access electronic tools from remote locations,

Seveeney (2011)(in De Seta, 2004). By default, these are

becoming preferred sources and often the only sources of

user consults. This means that libraries have to develop

some method of communication to support remote users and

computer based instruction on their Web site to assist those

users in using the library resources. They expect librarians

to know about all the electronic resources the library has

and to help the users to learn to use them quickly. They

also expect faster service because the electronic atmosphere

gives the impression of speed and infinite possibility.

Awareness

Awareness means having knowledge of something is the

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state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of

events, objects, or sensory patterns. In this level of

consciousness, sense data can be complete by an observer

without necessarily implying understanding.

Awareness is considered the main factor influencing

the success of e-journals while the resources playing a key

role in this area discovering systems and indexing and

abstracting sources. But what is more precisely the user

perception of easy access? As user studies have shown, it is

associated to several aspects, such as service availability

at any time and from any location, speed of information

delivery, availability of user-friendly interfaces and

technologies, support from the library, navigation

functionalities, IT infrastructure, and authentication

processes (Bishop, A.P., 1995; Harter, S.P. and Kim, H.J.,

1996; McKnight, C., 1997) (in Woodward, H. et al., 1998)

ProQuest a service or any publication intended to

aware scholars, readers, customers, researchers, or

employees to recently published literature in their fields

of specialization; frequently available in academic

libraries serving organizations, companies and institutions

in which access to current information is essential. Some

online catalogs and bibliographic databases include a

“preferred searches” option to allow the library user to

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archive search statements and re-execute them as needed

(Reitz,2004).

Uses

The ProQuest supports researchers of every type—

students at every level, faculty, information professionals,

and researchers, varied information packaged digitally for

enhanced discovery, sharing, learning and management.

ProQuest is navigated through technological innovations

that enable the different users to quickly find the suitable

information that would satisfy the user needs. ProQuest is a

largest aggregated database of periodical content which

features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content

including scholarly journals, trade publications magazines,

books, newspapers, reports and videos. ProQuest creates

specialized information resources and technologies that

drive successful research and lifelong learning. A global

leader, that serves all types of libraries. The database is

updated multiple times a day and is marketed primarily

towards libraries and academic institutions.

Barriers

One of the barriers in accessing e-resources is

automatic electric shutdown which is unexpected thing to

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happen and also in dealing with different formats with

different access and use modes just like PDF, HTML, etc.

The literature of e-resources reports the following

user-centered barriers to e-resources use: a lack of skills

in how to use information sources, a lack of appropriate

reward for electronic scholarly communication, a lack of

consistent technical support and provision and a lack of

time to be spent on searching for information (Tompsett and

Alsop1997; Macias-Chapula 1995; Ray and Day 1998) (in

Woodward, 1998). Borgman (1996)(in Woodward, 1998) concludes

that use of online e-resources and retrieval systems

requires a basic knowledge of computing and searching

skills.

The use of a computer as a medium for reading and

interacting with course materials offers advantages such as

efficient searching, convenient storage of large amounts of

information, and navigation via hyperlinks that connect

sections of text argues that the migration to the web of

content traditionally delivered by instructors in lecture

format is helping shift the function served by brick and

mortar classrooms from information delivery to collaboration

and discussion. This paper contends that in resource where

students have limited access to the Internet, the value of

web content is evident when learning resources are

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downloaded and read offline. This means that students do not

need to be online to read resources nor incur unnecessary

printing.

Theoretical Framework

This study is anchored on the theory of Joe Reynolds

(2001) which states that: "ProQuest is an essential resource

for researchers. This rich electronic archive will bring the

world situation complete history to life: from its first

issue-a fourpage, rag-paper issue from the post-Civil War

era-through the World Wars, the Cold War, the Watergate era,

and into the 21st century. This is a privileged to bring

this proprietary information to ProQuest users."

According to De Seta (2004), as the standards-based

education movement grows, teachers want more than ever to

find and use the right instructional resources to address

national, state and local educational standards. As a

leading content supplier, one of ProQuest’s most significant

roles is to supply mentor with the tools, properties and

resources to achieve that goal."

In addition to the studies conducted by De Seta (2004)

is that other supplier offer standards-based searching

merely for limited content position, with standing alignment

to standard. ProQuest is the first collective database

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provider to offer the service with active searching

crossways content and every current condition and national

knowledge standard. In a whole, eLibrary will consent

educators to search by standards crossways more than 50

million documents and above.

Statement of the problem

This study was conducted to determine the use,

awareness, frequency, reasons and barriers of ProQuest to

the college students of La Salle University, Ozamiz City,

School Year 2013-2014.

Specifically, it attempts to answer the following

questions:

1. How many LSU students use the ProQuest?

2. How the LSU students are made aware of the

availability of the ProQuest?

3. What is the frequency of the respondents’ usage of

the ProQuest?

4. What are the reasons LSU students uses ProQuest?

5. What are the students’ barriers in using ProQuest?

Significance of the study

This research endeavors to be of value to the

following groups of people:

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Administrators. The result of the study will help

them to realize that ProQuest being subscribed by the school

are adherently utilized by the students.

Faculty. The result of this study will help them

realize the importance of ProQuest in the academic needs of

their students and to support their teaching methods with

information from the e-journals.

Librarians/ Information Specialist. Findings obtained

from this study will really give big impact to Librarians

since they are the consultant of information and through by

it, they can measure the strength and weaknesses of the

database that being subscribed by the school.

Alumni. This study will be beneficial to the alumni as

they can also access the database being subscribed by the

school to support their profession in life.

Students. The students of LSU- Ozamiz City, will

highly benefit from this study, since they are the reasons

why the school subscribed this database that could help them

in their academic needs and they may used the scholarly

reliable e-journals coming from the prominent authors around

the world.

Researchers. The researchers may find out the ease of

finding information by using the ProQuest the online

database that contains thesis and dissertations for stronger

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references.

Scope and Limitations

The study was conducted to the college students of

seven different colleges and one school in La Salle

University- Ozamiz City during the second semester of school

year 2013-2014, namely: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),

College of Business (CBE), College of Computer Studies

(CCS), College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA),

College of Accountancy (COA), College of Nursing (CON),

College of Teachers Education (CTE) and School of Tourism

and Hospitality Management (STHM).

Chapter 2

METHOD

This chapter presents the research design, research

locale/setting, respondents, research instrument, data

gathering procedures, and statistical treatment.

Research Design

This study used descriptive method. The study is

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primarily concerned with describing, analyzing and

interpreting data concerning the awareness, use, reasons and

barriers of ProQuest among LSU college students.

Research Locale/Setting

This study was conducted in La Salle University,

formerly known as Immaculate Conception College (ICC), was

founded in the year 1929 under the administration of the

Jesuit Priests. In 1935, the Society of St. Columban took

over the administration. In the college unit of La Salle

University – Ozamiz City with seven different colleges and

one school, namely: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),

College of Business (CBE), College of Computer Studies

(CCS), College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA),

College of Accountancy (COA), College of Nursing (CON),

College of Teachers Education (CTE) and School of Tourism

and Hospitality Management (STHM).

The Libraries and Media Centers of La Salle

University aims to offer instructional resources with

outstanding library services and more than sufficient

learning to maintain the academic programs of the

institution and now the Libraries and Media Centers of La

Salle University is subscribing to the most practical and

helpful source of information in electronic format which is

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the ProQuest that can help students, teachers, staff,

administrators, alumni and others to support their academic

needs in their different fields.

Respondents of the study

The researchers used the sample size calculator in

getting the respondents of the study. The respondents of

this study were the students who enrolled in La Salle

University- Ozamiz City during the second semester of school

year 2013-2014. The respondents were randomly selected from

the seven different colleges and one School of La Salle

University. The total number of randomly selected

respondents is 505.

The respondents of this study are being shown below.

Table 1. Distribution of Respondents

Respondents Population Sample Size

CAS 384 61

CBE 715 113

CCS 220 35

CEA 353 56

COA 327 52

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CON 108 17

CTE 653 104

STHM 425 67

TOTAL 3,185 505

Table 1 shows the number of enrollees in La Salle

University- Ozamiz City during the second semester of school

year 2013-2014 from seven different colleges and one School

is 3,185. The students who were chosen as respondents of the

study were 505 out of 3,185.

The researchers distributed the questionnaire inside

the campus. Out of three hundred eighty- four (384)

population of College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) sixty one

(61) were randomly selected as respondents; out of seven

hundred fifteen (715) population of College of Business

(CBE) one hundred thirteen (113) were randomly selected as

respondents, out of two hundred twenty ( 220) population of

College of Computer Studies (CCS) thirty five (35) were

randomly selected as respondents, out of three hundred

fifty-three ( 353) population of College of Engineering and

Architecture (CEA) fifty-six (56) were randomly selected as

respondents, out of three hundred twenty-seven (327)

population of College of Accountancy (COA) fifty-two (52)

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were randomly selected as respondents, out of one hundred

eight (108) population of College of Nursing (CON) seventeen

(17) were randomly selected as respondents, out of six

hundred fifty-three (653) population of College of Teachers

Education (CTE) one hundred four (104) were randomly

selected as respondents and out of four hundred twenty-five

(425) population of School of Tourism and Hospitality

Management (STHM) sixty-seven (67) were randomly selected as

respondents.

Instruments

The study used the questionnaire that was adapted from

the study entitled “A Study on the Use of Electronic

Journals among the Academic Staff of Monash Univesity

Malaysia” by Nor Zaina Zaharah Binti Haji Mohamad Ariff a

researcher from Monah University Malaysia. Items from her

questionnaire were selected for this study and were modified

and organized together so that they can be suited to the

study.

The questionnaire was divided into five (5) parts,

namely: Part I, the use of ProQuest to the respondents; Part

II contains the questions about the awareness on the

availability of ProQuest; Part III contains the questions

about the frequency of the respondents’ usage of ProQuest;

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Part IV contains the questions about the reasons of using

ProQuest; Part V contains questions about the barriers of

using ProQuest. The comment portion in the questionnaire was

provided to get their suggestions.

Data Gathering Procedure

Prior to the administration of the research

instrument, a letter requesting the permission to conduct

the survey for the study entitled “The Use of ProQuest among

LSU Students” was made. The letter was addressed to the Dean

of seven different colleges and one school, namely: College

of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Business (CBE),

College of Computer Studies (CCS), College of Engineering

and Architecture (CEA), College of Accountancy (COA),

College of Nursing (CON), College of Teachers Education

(CTE) and School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

(STHM).

After the permission was granted, the researchers

conducted the survey to the target respondents.

Responses to the different items of the respondents

were collated, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted.

Treatment of Data

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The researchers collected the questionnaires from the

respondents. The data were collated, tabulated, analyzed and

interpreted. After collecting the questionnaires, the

results were tabulated. In analyzing the data, the

descriptive statistics was used. In order to interpret the

data accurately, the study used the Frequency and Percentage

distribution and Weighted mean, specifically in Part IV.

The Scoring Range behavior was used in getting a

definite interpretation of the weighted mean specifically in

Part V.

Mean Range Verbal Interpretation

4.21-5.00 Major Barrier

3.41-4.20 Minor Barriers

2.61-3.40 Barriers

1.81-2.60 Not a Barrier

1.00-1.80 No opinion /

N/A

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Chapter 3

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter presents, analyzes and interprets data

drawn from the conduct of the study. These were done in the

manner the problems are presented in the first chapter.

Table 2 Distribution of number of students who use ProQuest

Description No. of Respondents Percentage

YES 281 77%

NO 83 23%

TOTAL 364 100%

The Table 2 shown that 364 respondents out of 505 are

aware of ProQuest and out of 364 respondents’ only 281 uses

the ProQuest.

It claims that they are aware of ProQuest and it

proves that the school has subscribed to ProQuest. This

means that the school has made efforts for students to know

that they can use ProQuest in school.

As presented in Table 2 that 77% of the respondents

are answered YES that they used ProQuest. It shows that they

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are really using it for their further studies and made the

database being useful in any terms.

Romanis and Aarnio (2006) (in Anaraki, 2013) supported

that the use of electronic resources differed among

students. Information-searching skills are correlated with

the use of electronic resources, but the level of basic

skills does with the use of electronic resources, but the

level of basic skills does play a major role in using these

resources. The student data shows that adequate training in

information-searching skills will increase the use of

electronic information resources.

Table 3 Sources of Respondents’ Awareness on ProQuest Availability

Description No. of Respondents

Rank

a) From the bulletin board 189 1st

b) LSU Library Brochure/ Leaflets/ Guide

168 2nd

c) From the classmate 133 3rd

d) From the Lecturers 64 5th

e) LSU Library Website 73 4th

f) Browsing through Internet 6 6th

As shown in Table 3 that respondents made aware of the

ProQuest availability through the use of the bulletin board

which is rank as number 1 and the respondents least aware of

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Proquest through browsing the internet.

The University library bulletin board should be

updated, attractive, and informative because as what shown

above that the library really gives big impact to the user’s

awareness of ProQuest.

Table 4 Frequency on the Respondents’ Usage of the ProQuest

Description No. of Students

Percentage

A. Daily (2-3 times) 3 1%

B. Weekly (4-7 times) 30 11%

C. Monthly (8-10 times) 85 30%

D.Occasionally

(11-15 times or above) 136 58%

TOTAL 281 100%

As shown in Table 4, it claims that the highest

percentage which is 58% of the respondents occasionally use

the ProQuest, because the respondents use ProQuest when they

have assignments, reports, research occasionally or 11 to 15

times they used and the least percentage of respondents

usage of ProQuest is Daily which has 1 %, that they use

ProQuest two to three times a day.

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Table 5 Respondents' Reasons of Using ProQuest

Description YES Rank NO Rank

a. Research 281 1st 0 5th

b. Preparation for reports 264 3rd 17 3rd

c. Preparation for assignments 262 4th 19 2nd

d. Professional development 159 5th 122 1st

e. Recommend ideas and has a most reliable sources and prominent authors

278 2nd 3 4th

As shown in Table 5 that research is the main reason

of the respondents in using ProQuest which is ranks first

and the least reason on using ProQuest is Professional

development which is ranks fifth.

As supported by Klausner (2011), that ProQuest

information and learning is a world leader in collecting,

organizing, and publishing information worldwide for

researchers, faculty and students in libraries and school

and he said that “we will provide our customers with the

most accurate, complete and current information about their

e-journal holdings for their research needs and others”.

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Table 6 Respondents’ Perceived Barriers in Using ProQuest

Description Range Verbal Interpretation

a. Printing charges for electronic articles when using campus computer labs, libraries or departmental services.

4.16 Minor Barrier

b. Dealing with several different formats (PDF, HTML, etc.) with different access and use modes.

4.20 Minor Barrier

c. Reading e-journals on the computer screen.

4.16 Minor Barrier

d. Moving between parts of an electronic article (for instance from text to graphics, to references).

4.18 Minor Barrier

e. Highlighting sections or making marginal notes in electronic articles.

4.19 Minor Barrier

f. Printing graphics from electronic articles at a quality suitable for research.

4.18 Minor Barrier

g. Accurately reproducing color illustrations from electronic articles.

3.60 Minor Barrier

h. Working with distinctive features of articles such as maps, illustrations or non-roman characters included in the electronic version.

4.10 Minor Barrier

TOTAL 4.10 Minor Barrier

The Table 5 shows that 4.10 is the total range of

barriers in using ProQuest. It proves that the following

indicators are minor barriers of using ProQuest. The highest

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mean of the respondents perceived barriers in using ProQuest

is dealing with several different formats (PDF, HTML, etc.)

with different access and use modes which has 4.20 range and

it is minor barrier and accurately reproducing color

illustrations from electronic articles has the lowest mean

of 3.60 which is minor barrier.

According to Bishop (1995), it is associated to

several aspects, such as availability at any time and from

any location, speed of information delivery, availability of

user-friendly interfaces and technologies, support from the

library, navigation functionalities, IT infrastructures and

authentication processer.

Based on a survey on ARL and non-ARL libraries,

Shemberg and Grossman (1999) (in Bishop, 1995) identify the

following methods available to users for accessing e-

articles such a searching an electronic index, finding a

citation and being linked to the full text, searching an

electronic index, finding a citation and searching the

library’s OPAC, searching an e-journal web page.

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Chapter 4

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary, conclusions and

recommendations of the study.

Summary

This study aimed at finding out the use of ProQuest

among LSU students. This study was conducted in La Salle

University - Ozamiz City with 505 respondents coming from

the seven colleges and one school.

The descriptive method of research particularly survey

type was used. The researchers used the calculation size

method in getting the respondents of the study.

The data gathered were analyzed and the findings are

presented based on problem stated in the first chapter.

1. 281 respondents uses ProQuest out of 364

respondents aware of it.

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2. Bulletin board ranks first (189 responses) that

made the respondents aware of the availability of

ProQuest.

3. The respondents are occasionally using the ProQuest

which has 58%.

4. Research is the main reason of using ProQuest and

it is ranks first and has 281 responses which are

100% from the respondents.

5. Dealing with several different formats (PDF, HTML,

etc.) with different access and use modes has the

highest mean and it is minor barrier.

Conclusion

Based on the findings presented on this study, the

researchers conclude that the use of ProQuest among LSU

students must be implemented and promoted because ProQuest

is very important for all students in finding reliable

information connection to the subject interest in their

researches and in order to make used all the electronic

resources that the school purchases.

Recommendations

In the light of the result of the study, the following

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recommendations are set into views.

1. The libraries of La Salle University must inform

everyone about ProQuest by having a formal

orientation on its functions and uses.

2. The libraries of La Salle University must publish

newsletters to every student of LSU.

3. The libraries of La Salle University must

establish partnership with Tingog in marketing

the library resources, especially about

ProQuest.

4. The libraries of La Salle University must add and

improve the number of resources that support

ProQuest.

5. The libraries of La Salle University must promote

the use of electronic resources.

6. The availability of the library resources that

supports ProQuest must be visible and more

convenient to the students of La Salle

University.

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Appendix A.1

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAODean, CASLa Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Dr. Dajao:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

Very truly yours,

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PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MSLISResearch Adviser

Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAODean, CAS

Appendix A.2Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

MS. DARYL QUINCODean, CBELa Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Mrs. Quinco:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

Very truly yours,

PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVA

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BLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO MS. DARYL QUINCODean, CAS Dean, CBE

Appendix A.3

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

MS. LESLYN REAZOLDean, CCSLa Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Mrs. Reazol:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

Very truly yours,

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PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO MS. LESLYN REAZOLDean, CAS Dean, CCS

Appendix A.4

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

ENGR. GRACE DOLLOSODean, CEA La Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Engr. Dolloso:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

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Very truly yours,

PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO ENGR. GRACE DOLLOSODean, CAS Dean, CEA

Appendix A.5

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

MR. RAYMOND DOLORDean, COA La Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Mr. Dolor:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

Very truly yours,

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PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO MR. RAYMOND DOLORDean, CAS Dean, COA

Appendix A.6

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

MS. LORELLA CABILIDean, CON La Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Ms. Cabili:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

Very truly yours,

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PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO MS. LORELLA CABILIDean, CAS Dean, CON

Appendix A.7

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

DR. EMMA SUANADean, CTELa Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Dr. Suana:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

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Very truly yours,

PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO DR. EMMA SUANADean, CAS Dean, CTE

Appendix A.8

Letter of Request

La Salle UniversityLa Salle St. Brgy. Aquada, Ozamiz City 7200

March 3, 2014

MS. JOY PETRONA ALNGOHURODean, STHMLa Salle UniversityOzamiz City

Dear Ms. Alngohuro:

Greetings of peace!

The undersigned are currently writing their thesis entitled "THE USE OF PROQUEST AMONG LSU STUDENTS” at La Salle University - Ozamiz City.

In this connection, may we ask you permission to conduct a survey and to administer our questionnaire to your students.

Your favorable approval on this request is highly appreciated.

Thank you very much and more power to you!

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Very truly yours,

PAMELA JANE M. PACATAN MARIA ELENA S. VILLANUEVABLIS Student BLIS Student

Noted:

MONALIZA C. MUGOT, MLSLISResearch Adviser

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. ELSIE L. DAJAO MS. JOY PETRONA ALNGOHURODean, CAS Dean, STHM

Appendix B

Survey Questionnaire

Dear Respondents:

Greetings! The undersigned are presently conducting a

research study titled “The Use of ProQuest among LSU

Students”. This will help the BLIS department to identify

the Awareness, Usage and Barriers of using ProQuest and to

investigate the potential use of the ProQuest among LSU

Students.

In this regard, we would be delighted if you can spare a

few minutes of your time in answering these questionnaire.

Rest assured that your answer will be kept confidential and

will be used only as intended.

Thank you very much!

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Pamela Jane M. Pacatan Maria Elena S. Villanueva

Researcher Researcher

I. Demographic Profile

Name (Optional):_________________________________________

College:

Instructions: Please indicate your level of Awareness, Use, Reasons and Barriers of using of ProQuest in the items provided below by checking the boxes which corresponds to your answer.

Part I. LSU Students Use of ProQuest.

1. Are you aware of the ProQuest available on the Internet?

If no, pass the questionnaire to the researcher.

2. Do you use ProQuest?

Part II.Awareness of the Availability of ProQuest.

3 . How were you made aware of the availability of ProQuest on the Internet? (You may check more than one answer)

CAS CBE CCS CEA COA CON CTE STHM

Yes No

Yes No

a.From the Lecturers b.From the bulletin boardc.From the classmated.LSU Library Leaflet /Guide e.LSU Library Website f. Browsing through Internetg. Others please specify ____________.

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Part III. Frequency of using ProQuest.

4. How often do you use ProQuest?

a.Daily b.Monthly c.Weekly d.Occasionally

Part IV. Reasons of using ProQuest.

5. Please indicate your reasons of using ProQuest? Reasons YES NO

a. Research B. Preparation for reports C. Preparing for assignments D. Professional development E. Recommend ideas and has a most reliable

sources and prominent authors

Part V. Barriers in using ProQuest.

6. Please indicate to what extent you have found the following barriers to your use of ProQuest.

5- major barrier 4- minor barrier 3-barrier2-not a barrier 1- no opinion N/A

5 4 3 2 1a. Printing charges for electronic articles when using campus computer labs, libraries or departmental services. b. Dealing with several different formats (PDF, HTML, etc.) with different access and use modes. c. Reading e-journals on the

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computer screen. d. Moving between parts of an electronic article (for instance from text to graphics, to references). e. Highlighting sections or making marginal notes in electronic articles. f. Printing graphics from electronic articles at a quality suitable for research. g. Accurately reproducing color illustrations from electronic articles. h. Working with distinctive features of articles such as maps, illustrations or non-roman characters included in the electronic version.

Comments/Suggestions

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The Authors

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Pamela Jane M. PacatanDate of birth: July 9, 1993Birthplace: MHARS General HospitalStatus: SingleHome Address: Poblacion 4, Clarin Misamis OccidentalContact No: 09066230215Email Address: pamjane8@gmail.com

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

TertiaryWhere: La Salle UniversityAddress: La Salle St., Brg. Aguada, Ozamiz City, Misamis

OccidentalCourse: Bachelor of Library and Information ScienceYear: March 2014SecondaryWhere: Holy Child High SchoolYear: March 2010Address: Poblacion 2, Clarin Misamis OccidentalElementaryWhere: Clarin Central SchoolYear: March 2006 Address: Poblacion 3, Clarin Misamis Occidental

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Where: St. Mary’s Theologate (DOPIM Chapter)Gango, Ozamiz CitySpecial Library On-the-Job Trainee from August to October 2013

Where: Ozamiz City Public LibraryLam-an, Ozamiz CityPublic Library On-the-Job Trainee on June to August 2013

Where: La Salle Green HillsOrtigas Avenue, Mandaluyong CitySchool Library On-the-Job Trainee on May 1 to May 18, 2013

Where: De La Salle UniversityTaft Avenue, ManilaAcademic Library On the Job Trainee on April 18 – April 29, 2013

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Maria Elena Subrian Villanueva

Date of birth: May 29, 1994

Birthplace: MHARS General Hospital

Status: Single

Home Address: Poblacion 1, Clarin Misamis Occidental

Contact No: 09358266231

Email Address: mariaelenavillanueva82@gmail.com

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Tertiary

Where: La Salle University

Address: La Salle St., Brg. Aguada, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental

Course: Bachelor of Library and Information Science

Year: March 2014

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Secondary

Where: Holy Child High School

Year: March 2010

Address: Poblacion 2, Clarin Misamis Occidental

Elementary

Where: Antero Uy Roa Memorial Elementary School

Year: March 2006

Address: Poblacion 1, Clarin Misamis Occidental

WORK EXPERIENCE

Where: St. Mary’s Theologate (DOPIM Chapter)Gango, Ozamiz CitySpecial Library On-the-Job Trainee from August to October 2013

Where: Ozamiz City Public LibraryLam-an, Ozamiz CityPublic Library On-the-Job Trainee on June to August 2013

Where: La Salle Green HillsOrtigas Avenue, Mandaluyong CitySchool Library On-the-Job Trainee on May 1 to May 18, 2013

Where: De La Salle UniversityTaft Avenue, ManilaAcademic Library On the Job Trainee on April 18 – April 29, 2013