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One claim to why there is a decrease in the usage of libraries stems from the observation of the research habits of undergraduate students enrolled in colleges and universities.

There have been claims that college undergraduates have become more used to retrieving information from the Internet than a traditional library.

As each generation becomes more in tune with the Internet, their desire to retrieve information as quickly and easily as possible has increased.

Finding information by simply searching the Internet could be much easier and faster than reading an entire book.

In a survey conducted by NetLibrary, 93 % of undergraduate students claimed that finding information online makes more sense to them than going to the library.

Also, 75 % of students surveyed claimed that they did not have enough time to go to the library and that they liked the convenience of the Internet.

While the retrieving information from the Internet may be efficient and time saving than visiting a traditional library, research has shown that undergraduates are most likely searching only. 03 % of the entire web.

The information that they are finding might be easy to retrieve and more readily available, but may not be as in depth as information from other resources such as the books available at a physical library.