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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  4, Issue 1, January - April 2010, Pages 11-15
 

Review Article

Dependency on e-resources social science faculty Universities in Iran

Mohamad Bagher Negahbari* V.G. Talawar**

Research Scholar,Department of Library&Information science,University ofMysore,Mysore,India

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Abstract

The present study is aimed at assessment of e-resources dependency by Iranian social science faculty
members. Atotal of 232 faculty members from various universities from Iran was randomly selected.A
questionnaire measuring dependency on various e-resources: e-books, e-journals, e-tutorials, online
databases, CD-ROM databases and e-reports was prepared by the investigator and administered to the
sample selected. Statistical methods like descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were employed to
verify the hypotheses. Results revealed that Iranian faculty members were more dependent on all the eresources except for e books selected for the study. It was also observed that Iranian faculty members
were more dependent on e-journals, followed by Online data bases, e tutorials and least on e-reports.
The reasons for dependency on various e-resources have been discussed. Electronic resources, e-books, e-journals, e-tutorials, CD-Rom databases, Online databases, e-report.
Keywords:Electronic resources, e-books, e-journals, e-tutorials, CD-Rom databases, Online databases, e-report.


Corresponding Author : Mohamad Bagher Negahbari*