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Date of this Version
11-22-2018
Document Type
Article
Citation
Sohail, Md.; Maksood.; and Salauddin, Nazia."Use of Electronic Journals by Research Scholars and Postgraduate Students of University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia: A Comparative Survey" (2019)Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Abstract
The emergence of the internet is a new medium of information storage and delivery represents a revolution, which will have a lasting impact on the electronic publication and delivery of information system in the twenty-first century. The developments in information technology have brought e-journals as a boon to research community, which are becoming a major source for scholarly communication. As e-journal is a journal available online or offline containing research papers, review articles, scholarly communications. In the electronic environment teaching, learning and research are being supported by e-journals which are emerging as new powerful tool. E-journals have an impact not only on libraries but on authors and publishers too. The present study aims to find out the use of electronic-journals by post graduate students and research scholars in the Faculty of Science University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia University. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to collect the primary data from respondents. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the awareness, satisfaction level of users and suitable recommendations to improve facilities and services related to the use of e-journals.