Abstract
Electronic information sources are becoming more and more popular since they provide multimedia information, full-text searching, reference linking and flexibility in searching and browsing. The purpose of this study is to determine how nursing students and faculty uses the electronic information sources for work-related purposes. A total of 210 survey returns indicate that students and faculty use the electronic information in support of their study and teaching. While majority of students and faculty generally feel that the electronic information sources provide faster and reliable information, still they prefer to use print as well as electronic information sources. Key words: E-resources, user study, information sources, academics, nursing college libraries.
Highlights
The emergence of the internet, the WorldWide Web, as a new medium of information storage and delivery represents a revolution, which would have a lasting impact on the publishing and information delivery system in the 21st century
Information technology has thrown a new challenge to the libraries
Many significant authors (Gupta, 2004; Rajeswari, 2005; Kumbar et al, 2005; Leelavathi and Doraswamy, 2007; Kumar and Sampath, 2008; Sujatha and Mudhol, 2008; Sivaprasad, 2009) examined the literature in the fields of library and information science to gather some perspective on students’ use and faculty expectations of electronic information sources. This situation has given rise to study how users utilize the electronic information sources as a whole and to know the opinion about the electronic information sources, their advantages and the problem faced in the use of these sources by the students and faculty of Nursing Studies in Bangalore City
Summary
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Electronic City, Phase-II, Hosuru Road, Bangalore-560100, India. Electronic information sources are becoming more and more popular since they provide multimedia information, full-text searching, reference linking and flexibility in searching and browsing. The purpose of this study is to determine how nursing students and faculty uses the electronic information sources for work-related purposes. A total of 210 survey returns indicate that students and faculty use the electronic information in support of their study and teaching. While majority of students and faculty generally feel that the electronic information sources provide faster and reliable information, still they prefer to use print as well as electronic information sources
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