Use of Electronic Information Resources for Postgraduates Students of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: A Survey

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This research study aims to investigate the usage of electronic information resources by postgraduates‟ students of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Using the research is survey method approach, the simple random sampling was used to selected responded from among the postgraduate students from 200 to 500 all types of users that came to use the library within the study period. The research tool used for data collection was a questionnaire tagged ‟Usage of Electronic information resources”. A total of 240 questionnaires were distributed of which 172 were duly filled giving a response rate of 71.66%. The finding revealed that 89.54% of the respondents had use of electronic information resources; with 10.46% respondents are not use of electronic information resources. The main access points were home/hostels; only 19.76% of respondents had used the library to access electronic information resources and 80.24% of them were satisfied with the library electronic information resources. The major electronic information resources are used by postgraduate students were internet search engines, e-lecture notes and e-books and they use it for completing class assignments, to obtain course related materials. Training of postgraduate students in electronic information resources searching skill by the library; the provision of internet and networked computers in department and lecturers giving assignment that require use of electronic information resources would increase the use of electronic information resources among the postgraduate students.