A Study on use of Electronic Information Resources by the users of Government and Private Medical College Libraries in Andhra Pradesh Padmaja M.1,*, Kishore Avineni2 1Library Assistant Grade II, Department of Library & Information Science, Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India, saikishoresvu@gmail.com *Corresponding author email id: manne.padmaja72@gmail.com
Online published on 6 September, 2019. Abstract The present study explores the use of electronic information resources by the users of Government and Private medical college libraries in Andhra Pradesh. The study highlights the extent of usage of online medical databases, awareness and frequency of use of electronic resources from NTRMEDNET Consortium and benefits of accessing electronic resources. Structured questionnaire was designed for the purpose of data collection. The result shows that majority of the Government medical college users represent ‘Open access databases’ regarding extent of usage of online medical databases completely, whereas Private medical college users represent ‘Clinicalkey.com’. Most of the Government and Private medical college users use Cochrane databases frequently followed by useful links. Most of the Government medical college users agreed ‘Less expensive’ regarding benefits of accessing electronic resources, whereas Private Medical College users agreed with ‘Easy access to information’. ‘Poor Internet connectivity’ is the major barrier raised by Government medical college users, whereas Private medical college library users raised ‘too much information retrieved’ as major barrier while accessing electronic resources. Top Keywords Electronic information resources, Online medical databases, NTRMEDNET Consortium, Government and Private medical college libraries. Top |