Use of e-resources by research scholars and postgraduate students of University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: A study

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the use of e-resources by research scholars and postgraduate students in University of Dhaka. An online survey was conducted among the participants to collect data. A link of the questionnaire was sent to the respondents through e-mails and the link also sent to a few faculty members with a request to circulate the questionnaire among the students and invite themto take part in this online survey. The purposes of the study are to investigate the reasons and level of awareness of using e-resources by both the research scholars and postgraduate students. The study also initiates to know the methods which they use to learn using these resources and the obstacles of reading and accessing them. The study explores the types of e-resources they prefer, their preferable format, the level of usefulness and satisfaction of the available e-resources in the University of Dhaka library. It is observed in the study that not only research scholars but also postgraduate students are aware of different types of e-resources and almost everyone uses them daily. The study revealed that self-instruction is the best method to learn using e-resources. The result showed that PDF is the most popular format and they use these resources for different purposesand there were some problems in library so that they did not use library e-resources.