E-Library Resources and Services: Improvement and Innovation of Access and Retrieval for Effective Research Activities in University E-libraries in Kogi State Nigeria

University e-libraries have made research more interesting and have attained the status of intellectually organized information resource Centre and a world of knowledge at researchers' fingertips. Adoption of university e-library is a good match towards making researchers, students, faculty members and the university more research driven. The rationale for adoption of e-libraries in universities in Nigeria is solely to provide electronic and online resources for staff and students in order to enhance educational development and provide educational resources for effective teaching, learning and research activities. Electronic library achieves its objectives by creating opportunities for the users to access and retrieve appropriate information that cater for their information needs at their "beck and call". University e-libraries are adopted to complement university conventional libraries in providing students, faculty staff, academic researchers and members of university community with equal access to relevant information in digital formats without discrimination and at no cost to the patrons.