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Use of E-Journals by the Faculty Members, Researchers, and Students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University: A Survey

Use of E-Journals by the Faculty Members, Researchers, and Students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University: A Survey
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Author(s): S. Thanuskodi (Central University of Tamil Nadu, India)and M. Meena (Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 8
Source title: Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): S. Thanuskodi (Central University of Tamil Nadu, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch016

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Abstract

This chapter reports the result of a survey conducted at Annamalai University to determine the extent to which users are aware and make use of e-journals. The study also examines the search pattern of e-journals. A questionnaire was distributed among the faculty members, research scholars, and post-graduate students to collect desired data. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to the selected sample of Faculty of Engineering and Technology; 180 valid samples were collected. The result reveals that 46.67% of respondents want to access only electronic version of journals, whereas only 23.88% of users want to read the printed journals, but 29.45% of respondents want to use both electronic and printed journals. The study found that most of the respondents 73.33% use e-journals for writing papers. 68.33% of respondents use e-journals for studying their course work, and 51.11% of respondents use them for research work. The analysis reveals that most of the respondents, 73.33%, use e-journals for writing papers.

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