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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  17, Issue 2, May-August 2023, Pages 131-141
 

Original Article

Use of E-Resources by Faculty and Students of Affiliated Colleges to Bangalore University, Karnataka: A Study

Nagaraja Naik M 1, Lokesha Naik 2, MC Gudimani 3

1,2Librarian, Department of Library and Information Science, Government First Grade College, Honnali, Davanagere 577217, Karnataka, India, 3University Librarian, Department of Library and Information Science, Kannada University, Hampi 583276, karnataka, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.17223.3

Abstract

E-Resources are a mode of access and play an important role in dissemination of information. The students and faculty members are two important groups of users who are continuously engaged in learning and teaching. A step is made in the presentre search article focuses on the study of electronic information resources in the affiliated colleges to Bangalore University, Bangalore. Its main objectives is to find out the purpose of using the internet, find out awareness and use of e-Resources, identify the purpose and reasons for using the e-Resources, find out searching of e-Resources and to identify satisfaction level on ICT facilities, resources and services. This study is based on primary data collected from students and faculty members using a questionnaire. The study found that all the users were aware about using internet and e-Resources. Majority of respondents 782 (95.37%) are aware and using e-news papers. maximum respondents 735 (89.63%) are using e-Resources to update and learn more about their career, majority of the respondents except statement decreases time spend articles have either disagreed or given no opinion for all the statements on e-journal. The study has recommended that educated the users to use Boolean logic operators, which is one of the best retrieval methods for retrieving relevant information.


Keywords : Bangalore University; e-Resources; e-Books; Internet; Library; ICT; Affiliated colleges; e-journals; Online Database; Information; E-Thesis/ Dissertations; Faculty members; Students.
Corresponding Author : Nagaraja Naik M