Access to UGC-infonet e-journals consortium by the PG students and research scholars in Alagappa University library: A survey

UGC-INFONET E-Journals Consortium launched by UGC is one of the biggest and ambitious programmes in the history of higher education in India. All universities and colleges who are under the purview of UGC have been provided UGC-INFONET connectivity and access to scholarly e-Journals and Databases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the Consortium by the PG students and Research Scholars in the Alagappa University, Karaikudi. Further, the data is collected through a questionnaire to study the information needs of the PG students and Researchers and in the Alagappa University, Karaikudi. The paper reveals that UGC- INFONET Consortium is very much essential to help in fulfilling the ever increasing information needs of the users. There is also need to create awareness and train the users to access the UGC-INFONET Journals to make its uses effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, addition of new of Journals in the Consortium is necessary to keep the users updated and satisfy their needs.