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By Dr. K. Nithyanandam Chief Librarian, Hindustan University, Chennai

INFORMATION ACCESS PATTERN OF USERS OF SELECTED ENGINEERING COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN CHENNAI, TAMILNADU – A STUDY. By Dr. K. Nithyanandam Chief Librarian, Hindustan University, Chennai. Introduction.

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By Dr. K. Nithyanandam Chief Librarian, Hindustan University, Chennai

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  1. INFORMATION ACCESS PATTERN OF USERS OF SELECTED ENGINEERING COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN CHENNAI, TAMILNADU – A STUDY By Dr. K. Nithyanandam Chief Librarian, Hindustan University, Chennai

  2. Introduction • Systematized and cumulative structure of scientific knowledge is shaped by the quick temperament of the researcher • Scientific and technical data between countries or within a given country is essential

  3. Need • Work place community needed much pinpointed information • No significant studies on assessing information access pattern of Engineering College library users is found in the library science literature, • Study is proposed to have depth analysis on the information seeking behaviors of a particular work place community like faculty and students of Engineering Colleges in Chennai City

  4. Methodology • Structured questionnaire survey and observation. • Data collected through the questionnaire was tabulated and statistical tests viz., Percentage Method, Chi-square and t-test were applied to test the hypotheses.

  5. Area of the Study/Survey

  6. Limitations of the Study • The researcher has collected data only from the students and faculty who are available in the libraries of the selected institutions during the survey • The researcher has chosen only ten engineering colleges in the city and not deemed universities.

  7. Use of Electronic Sources for Information

  8. Type of Information often required

  9. Ranking on Forms of E-Resources Accessed

  10. Searching Full Text Scientific Journal Articles

  11. Bibliographic Databases Used By the Researchers

  12. Open Access Resources Access Through College Library Website

  13. Search Options of the Respondents

  14. Purpose of Using Internet

  15. Difficulties in Accessing Information

  16. Conclusions • Information access pattern of the respondents studied is encouraging as the students and faculty are adopting the range of search methods and approaches to information. • Accessing information through library staff is the most preferred mechanism used by the respondents to get information. • The respondents also access information by trial and error. Training at work place and by participating workshops and seminars. Respondents prefer search documents by the title, keywords and by the journal name.

  17. Search through the author, publisher were preferred by less number of respondents. • Among e-resources, e-books, full text articles, abstracts, models and designs were mostly used form of documents. • Study could find the limitations pursued by the users in Chennai based selected Engineering College towards information access such as lack of knowledge in computer handling browsing e-journals, limitations of internet access speed, the attitude of library staff and power fluctuations.

  18. Thank You

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