Access Pattern of Scholarly Information at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: A Case Study
Author : S. Duraisekar, M. Palaniappan and C. Vinoth KumarVolume 8 No.1 January-June 2018 pp 93-98
Abstract
This paper described that users visit the Tamilnadu Agricultural University library for collecting information from students and faculty members. The researchers have attempted to find out the perceptions and outlook of the university library users with highly response to utilize the facility is available. The study shows that the quality of collection with respect to books, Journals and e-resources. Google is most popular search engine among the user for browsing the net. Reference Service is the most prefer by the staff and students.
Keywords
Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Information Resources, User Studies, E-Resources, services
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