Awareness and Usage of E Resources A Study Among Facuties In Management Institutes in Gujarat India

Abstract

Research has changed significantly over the past four decades. The newlinechanging pattern of the research reflects developments in the intellectual newlinethough that has created new academic disciplines and area of research. newlineOne of the consequences of these changes has been broadening of the newlinedefinition of information and sources useful to search. E-publication is newlinethe publication of any kind of information on any form of electronic newlinemedia. newlineIn recent years, there have been a huge number of electronic resources newlineavailable to libraries for their users to access. With the application of IT, newlineparticularly Internet, there has been a shift in comparative growth from newlinetraditional resources to electronic resources. Print resources refers to newlineconventional print editions published and distributed as paper copies newlinewhile online or E-resources include lots of things: full-text journals, newlinenewspapers, company information, e-books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, newlineeconomic data, digital images, industry profiles, market research, etc. newlineAdvances in IT applications during the past few decades have brought newlineradical changes in the way information is gathered, store, organized, newlineaccessed, retrieved and consumed. World Wide Web is nowadays newlineinfluencing all types of scholarly communication and it crossed the newlinelimitation of geographical boundaries and reached to the last people. newlineThese development reduced the production and distribution of knowledge newlineand make the information retrieval easy and fast. This is applicable to all newlinemedia of communication including print and digital. newlineNow many Institutes have to move towards digital e-resources, which are newlinefound to be less expensive and more useful for easy access. This is newlineviii newlineespecially helpful to distant learners who have limited time to access the newlinelibraries from outside by dial-up access to commonly available electronic newlineresources, mainly OPACs and Internet, which are replacing the print newlinemedia. newlineThis research work, I have keep in mind the objectives to identify the newlineavailability and awareness of various types of e-resources