Use of Electronic Resources by the Undergraduate Students in Private Engineering Colleges in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The present study investigates the use of electronic resources by the undergraduate students in the private engineering colleges in Coimbatore. The study followed the questionnaire method for collecting the required information from the undergraduate students. Out of the three hundred questionnaires distributed, two hundred and fifty questionnaires were received. The study found thatmajority of the respondents were usedthe Google chrome (72.8%) and Mozilla Firefox (60.8%) web browsers and most preferred search engine is Google (88.4%). The study also found that e- books (72%), e-journals (70%) and e-thesis (64%) are the major e-resources used by respondents.