Use of Electronic Resources by Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of the Banaras Hindu University: A Study

The Library is a heart of any higher learning institution or university library. The advancement of the information technology and web technology have brought changes to existing information storage and retrieval system such as Digital library, online database, digital repository, virtual library, etc. Libraries have witnessed of tremendous changes in the recent years in terms of their collection and services. Information explosion and diverse information needs of the users required more comprehensive and in-depth library collection. To cater the diverse information needs of the users libraries are subscribing e-resource and offering online information services. Now day's Electronic resources have become part of any academic and research library. Majority of users are utilising for the various purpose like teaching, research and updating their knowledge etc. To investigate and explore the use of electronic resource this study has been conducted. This paper deals with the basic concept of electronic resources, type of e-resources and findings related to awareness, frequency of use, level of use, place of access, time spent on access, level of satisfaction, device used for access, purpose of use, advantage and barriers of e-resources. Suggestions have been sought by the users are explored and recorded to improve use and access of e-resources.