USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG PG STUDENTS AND RESEARCH SCHOLARS OF ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY : A STUDY

Authors

Murugan M, Alagappa UniversityFollow
Jeyshankar R, Alagappa University

Date of this Version

Summer 5-16-2019

Document Type

Article

Citation

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Abstract

The main purpose of the study and use of Library resources and Services of Information. The researcher prepared questionnaire with 13 questions to be answered by the respondents about the level and Use of Library Resources and services of the 100 Questionnaries distributed 90 taken for the analysis 65.55% the respondents belong to Female category, 42.22% of the respondents belong to the age group of 26 – 30, 40.00% of respondents belong to the category of Ph.D scholars, 43.33% of respondents belong to the rural area, 42.22% of respondents belong to the Access at Library, 33.33% of respondents belong to the Daily time spent, 22.22% of respondents belong to the purpose of Consult materials for research, 38.88% of respondents belong to the Theses/Dissertations, 23.33% of Respondents belong to the reference services, 32.22% of Respondents belong to theUtilization of Index and abstract, 36.66% of Respondents belong to the Insufficient Internet Access points, 41.11% of Respondents belong to theHighly satisfied.