| Electronic journal is one of the products of information and communication technologies. The advancement of e-journal during recent years has given librarians a powerful new resource to support learning and research. This study reports the result of a survey conducted at education faculty members in virudhunagar district to determine the extent to which user are aware and make use of e-journals. The study also examines the search pattern of e-journals. A questionnaire was distributed among the faculty members to collect desired data. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed to the selected sample of Library users; 228 valid samples were collected. The studies found that majority (84.51%) of the male users were aware about the e- journals where as only (69.77 %) of female respondents were aware about the availability of e-journals. The analysis reveals that most of the respondents (32.46 % )use e-journals for writing papers. It could be noted that majority of the male respondents (34.51%) have less than 2 hours of access to internet, whereas, majority of the female respondents (26.74%) have 2-3 hours of access to internet. It could be noted that majority of the male respondents (30.28%) using e-journals daily, a considerable number of female respondents (24.82%) is using e-journals thrice a week. It is clear that most of the respondents (39.47 %) search e-journals through linking facility available on the library website followed by (30.70 % ) search engines. |