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| Article Name : | | | USE OF ONLINE RESOURCES BY THE ENGINEERING FACULTIES: A CASE STUDY | | Author Name : | | | Chandrashekara J. , M.N. Shesha Prakash and Mohan B S. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-254 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | The term 'Online resource' is a broader term. It may be content from a website, blog, wiki, discussion form, discussion group, online journal etc. In the era of information technology, online resources are one of the main tools for dissemination of information to the academicians. This study focuses on finding the use of online resources by the engineering faculties of Mysore. The study was conducted through a questionnaire based survey. Questionnaires were distributed to 160 engineering faculty selected from 5 departments of 8 different Engineering colleges of Mysore. 138 completed questionnaires in all respects were received. The aim of the study was to obtain the feed back of faculty members, on frequency of use of online resources, purposes of use of online resources. It was found that, 81.26% used for teaching material, 62.32% for finding relevant information in the area of specialization, 49.28% for research work and 31.88% for publishing articles/papers. Types of use of online resources were found to be, e-journals (78.99%), e-books (52.90%), e-reference (46.38%) and e-thesis/report (32.61%). Importance of online resources and impact of online resources on their academic activities along with advantages of online resources and present the by departmental wise is highlighted. The problems faced by the faculty members and suggestion for improvements of online resource usage have also been presented. | | Keywords : | | - online resource
- engineering colleges
- online resource use
- purpose of use of online resources
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