1Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
2Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, Karnataka.
The Internet has emerged as the most powerful medium for storage and retrieval of information. This paper examines the use of the Internet by the members of the Social Science Faculty of Karnatak University in Dharwad, India. The present study deals with frequency of Internet use, purpose of using the Internet, use of different Internet services and impact of Internet on research/teaching. A questionnaire was prepared for this study and it was sent to 50 faculty members and the response rate was 84%. The results indicate that the use of Internet services by the faculty members is associated with an increase in the number of research papers and with improvement in the quality of research and teaching.
