Dependency on e-resources among Social Science Faculty Universities in Iran

The present study is aimed at assessment of e-resources dependency by Iranian social science faculty members. A total of 232 faculty members from various universities in Iran were randomly selected. A questionnaire for measuring dependency on various e-resources: e-books, e-journals, e-tutorials, online databases, CD-ROM databases and e-reports was a administered to sample population. Statistical methods like descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were applied to verify the hypotheses. Results showed that Iranian faculty members were more dependent on all the e-resources except for e-books selected for the study. It was also observed that Iranian faculty members were more dependent on e-journals, followed by online data bases, e-tutorials and least on e-reports. The reasons for dependency on various e-resources are discussed.