Awareness and Use of e-Resources by Researchers of Select Universities in Haryana

Abstract

During this COVID-19 Pandemic, the entire world knows the value of electronic resources as all the work of reading, learning, administration is done with electronic mode. This study was conducted to have a comparative study of researchers among state universities of Haryana regarding use and awareness of e-resources as to type of electronic sources used, level of satisfaction, problems faced by them and suggestions to increase the use of electronic resources. Data was collected from the researchers of selected universities using a self-designed questionnaire. It was found that all researchers are aware about e-resources and the majority of respondents are using e-resources. 43.13% researchers prefer to access the e-resources from their respective departments. Researchers from Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa have shown more satisfaction with regard to e-theses/e-dissertations, e-standards/e-patents and library OPAC as compared to researchers of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak as well as Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra. It is found that researchers from KUK are facing more problems like poor Internet connectivity and lack of library orientation as compared to respondents from CDLU and MDU. Majority of the researchers suggested that an e-mail alert service is needed to be started for library subscr ibed e-resources.