This book covers the awareness and use of search engines in information retrieval by sociology lecturers in south-south Nigeria. it investigated the level of awareness and actual use of search engines in retrieving sociology information on the internet. various sociology databases (subscription and open access) were examined in the study.the book makes a case for university libraries to take a leading role to create awareness among sociology lecturers about relevant sociology resources available to them by conducting training and retraining programmes, workshops, audio-visual presentations etc., on regular basis.