An Analytical Study of Electronic Sources and Services Provided to Users With Special Reference to Research Scholars of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Library, Nagpur

Abstract

Electronic sources play a vital and viable role to cater to the needs of research scholars in the process of advancement of society in present environment. The prime function of any library is to provide efficient services to its users. This paper describes an analytical study of electronic sources and services provided to users with special reference to research scholars of VNIT library, Nagpur. The objective of this article is to study the different factors such as information, sources, services, adequate collection, various channels of information and the constraints faced by the research scholars in using or searching information through electronic sources.. The author adopted questionnaire survey and statistical analysis of data by applying simple percentage and chi-square test. The finding of the study is that research scholars access information through various electronic sources and services to keep pace with the developments taking place in the scientific world.