Information needs and seeking habits of engineering students on the digital environment: a study

Digitized information, e-resources and networks has created a new dimension on Information services on academic libraries. Present time many electronic resources have been made most available in the libraries. The increase in availability of information on the Web has affected information seeking behaviors of the users. This paper take a critical look at information needs and seeking habits of engineering students at Bengal Institute of technology and management (BITM), Bolpur. This survey base study was to explore the use of information technology by the engineering students for seeking information on the digital environment and the study recommends awareness Programme for the students and to provide training on web searching and retrieval skills.