The present study demonstrates the research scholars’ attitudes and perceptions on the search engines. A sample population was selected among research scholars of Science & Technology discipline in Karnatak University, Dharwad. The overall analysis of the findings reveals that Google has a significantly higher rate of performance in retrieving web resources as compared with the other search engines. Among the different Internet Browsers, Google Chrome, a newly launched Browser has been given top priority, followed by Mozilla Firefox.

Keywords: Boolean operator; Karnatak university; Research scholars; Search engines; Search strategy; Syntax formulation.