The primary purpose of the university library is to support the objectives of the

parent institution. The objectives are to encourage and promote teaching, learning and research in a consistent manner. Libraries like other organizations are a part of larger social systems which have been created to conserve knowledge, preserve the cultural heritage and provide information (ALA, 2000). University libraries are meant to serve students, lecturers and other members of the university community. The basic and the most essential function of the libraries is to ensure maximum utilization of the accumulated recorded knowledge and information. The transmission of knowledge and information is, therefore, the fundamental task of libraries. According to Whittaker (1993), Information explosion has informed modern societies of the growing importance of special knowledge in accessing and utilizing information from different sources and formats. There is a growing need for people to acquire new skills of accessing information resources in new formats and such skills are acquired through information literacy. Information literacy lies at the heart of lifelong learning, it enables the students to take control of their information needs and become more independent, assuring personal control of their learning and becoming aware of effective processes for finding, analyzing and using information (Vasuderan, 2014). The study determined the influence of information literacy variables such as ability to use information access tools, ability to evaluate information resources and user education on medical students’ utilization of information resources in federal university libraries in South-South Nigeria.