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ABSTRACTPurpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the usefulness of digital library (DL) resources and the value of multidisciplinary databases among students. The study discussed perception and usage of digital databases, level of satisfaction, impact on users, factors affecting accessing digital databases, and problems in usage of digital databases. Design/methodology/approach: The survey research method was used to collect data for this study. A multi-method approach was used. The data was analyzed via SPSS (13.0). Findings: The findings reveal that most of the respondents (total mean value = 4.33, 4.26, 3.86) used DL resources for research purposes in order to fulfil their thesis/dissertation and course work requirement. A total mean value of 4.156 indicates that the respondents were extremely satisfied with the authenticity of information in available databases. Inclusion and exclusion criteria: This study included only the top five universities of Nanjing, China, according to a Chinese univers...
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