Perspectives of Using Internet on the Scientific Research among the Postgraduate Students at the University of Khartoum -Sudan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the perspectives of using Internet on the scientific research among the Postgraduate Students at the University of Khartoum. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method, the population consisted of all Postgraduate students at the University of Khartoum (Master & Ph.D.), registered during the year 2014. Of 3189 students; selected the stratified random sample totaling 441 students to represent four councils specialized in university, which represented 14% of the population. Five questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. The questionnaire was designed for data collection was analysed by using SPSS, following the appropriate statistical methods: Percentage, Arithmetic mean, Standard deviation, one group t-Test and ANOVA. A number of findings were reached the most important are: The Postgraduate students use the Internet largely as a principal source for research information; the first scientific Council is the Basic & Engineering studies with average of (65.3), then Medical & Health Studies, average (65), Humanities & Educational Studies average (62.73), finally, Agricultural & Veterinary Studies with average (61.75). Postgraduate students facing many obstacles when using the Internet for scientific research, including: Most references on the Internet in English langue, the possibility of penetration the scientific sites and e-mails and technical problems. No statistically significant differences to the Postgraduate students in the use of the Internet to collect information due to the type of registered degree”.