E-resources usage in engineering college libraries in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh: A study

Analysis of data collected from a sample of 1490 students in selected engineering college libraries of Prakasam district, by using a questionnaire/reveals that the students are using electronic information sources for their course work (20.6%), communication (24.1%), career development (33.8%) and other activities (21.5%). The study also reveals that the majority of the students are using various types of electronic information sources namely e-books (60.5%), e-journals (58.1%), e-magazines (55.2%)/e-news (59.8%). The search engines is Google (91.1%) is frequently used by engineering students compared to Yahoo (83.6%), Ask (67%), Bing (47.2%) and AltaVista (42.8%).