Abstract The use of Internet by the scientists andresearch fellow of Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) was assessed on the basis of the results of a questionnaire survey in CAZRI, Jodhpur. Further, it also attempted to assess frequency of use, location where used, search engine accessed; purpose of use etc. The study revealed that the respondents accessed Google search frequently (100%) followed by Yahoo (85.29%). It was also observed that equally (97.06%) respondents used Internet for education and research. The strong desire of respondents is that library initiate various functions and services like e-portals, on-line information/abstracts retrieval along with internet.