SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue: 3

Computer literacy among science and arts students of Kuvempu University, Karnataka: A case study

  • Author:
  • Vinay Kumar D.1, Hemanthachar B.2, Goutham B.K.2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 337 to 342

1Lecturer, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu Universtiy, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga, INDIA

2Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu Universtiy, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga, INDIA

Abstract

Computer literacy is a measure of the ability of users to handle tasks with the help of computers. This paper is an attempt to know the level of computer literacy of science and arts students of Kuvempu University, Karnataka. Study reveals that Mozilla Firefox (43.18%) and Internet Explorer (37.12%) are the most used web browsers among the Science and Arts students of Kuvempu University. However, it was found that science students are more computer literate than those of arts. Google is the most used search engine.

Keywords

Computer literacy, University student