Access of E-Resources by PG Students of Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

The study aimed at finding the use of e-resources by the PG students of Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram. 301 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents from seven departments out of which 222 were returned. Results show that 45% of the respondents use internet for educational purposes and 32.9% of the respondents use internet for checking e-mail. Google is the most used search engine and yahoo is their second choice. The purpose for the use of e-resources revealed that most of the respondents are using e resources for their project work since they have submit the project report as part of their syllabus. 36% of the respondents are using e-resources for preparing seminar presentation.