Awareness and use of e‐journals by IIT Delhi and Delhi University library users

Nisha, Faizul; Ali, Naushad

doi:10.1108/01604951311322039

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“…Of those (90.9%) who responded in affirmation, roughly n=106 (75.7%) were from College of Medicine, while n=34 (24.3%) were from College of Dentistry. The finding that 90.9 % of respondents had heard of the databases before, concurred with the findings by Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009), Kwafoa, Osman, and AffulArthur (2014), Nisha and Ali (2012) that recorded over 90% awareness of the databases in their institutions. This also indicates that the students got benefited with the library information literacy programs organized periodically to make them aware of the available resources.…”

Section: Knowledge Of Electronic Resourcessupporting

confidence: 87%

“…In his study of graduate students, Cothran (2011) claimed that academic search engines such as Google scholar and CiteSeers were used more as compared to subscribed databases because the users found them easy to learn, navigate and use. According to Nisha and Ali (2012), relevancy, currency and rich content also influence the use of a particular database.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Alriyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2017

JJLIS

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Section: Knowledge Of Electronic Resourcessupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Alriyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2017

JJLIS

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“…The study shows about big range of e-resources and services offered by the IITs libraries to their users. Nisha & Ali 16 in their research paper focused about use of e-journals by IIT-Delhi and Delhi university library users and result shows that e-resources offered by the libraries are much beneficial for the library users. Study illustrate various critical issues such as slow downloading speed, non-availability of specific issue of journal, lack of training, regarding e-services, etc.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

User Perception Towards E-resources and Services of IIT-Guwahati Library

Tamrakar

Garg

2016

DJLIT

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The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati made voluminous efforts to provide better e-resources services to its users. This study is an attempt to examine and measure the extent and use of e-resources, information alert services, awareness towards the e-resources, purpose of using the e-resources, attitude of library staff and overall quality of e-services offered by the library of Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati. 394 survey based questionnaires were distributed and received from PG students, research scholars and faculty members of IIT-Guwahati which were analysed in this study. The findings show that e-journals are more popular than print journals; the library regularly invites users views regarding the information constraint; and the library continuously puts forward information alert services to their users. Most of the users are aware about the e-journals/database offered by the library concerned to their subject and also are able to explore the e-resources allied to their area of interest.

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“…Many scholarly works have been done on awareness of the various electronic databases offered by many university libraries worldwide. Studies by Nisha and Ali (2013), Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) all revealed that clients were aware of and used the electronic databases available to them. In their study, for instance, Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) confirmed the use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of Goa University, India.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

Alu¹,

Bardy²,

Dadzie³

2017

UCER-B

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The purpose of the study is to show how a collective knowledge management effort was undertaken in a low-tech environment yields outcomes that benefit all participants of the effort-students and staff of a medical school, the medical profession in the community, paramedics, and the community at large. It also demonstrates that acquainting students with knowledge management skills early and improving their information literacy. If they can effectively manage their knowledge resources in close connection with all members of the society around their school, the benefits will be improving academic efficiency, diagnostic effectiveness, and feedback from medical institutions and patients. The study descends from the Medical Library Association's definition of health information literacy. It uses a survey at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, to examine the information and literacy skills of its medical students. Also, it explores the level of awareness of the various databases to which the university library is subscribed, the benefits of information literacy skills, and the challenges that students face in identifying and using information sources. From there, the paper explores avenues for improving the situation of the students of which the optimal is conjoining resources in and outside the medical school. Linking faculty, students, and medical professionals in the university's local environment in a collective endeavour for enhancing the literacy skills proper can result in a shared inventory of tools that help to discriminate, which information is needed and which is redundant. From this foundation, students would develop abilities to understand knowledge management and know how to apply it in their specific field of professionalization. The sample was selected from doctoral students in a single institution in the field of education. Also, the sample was self-selected and relatively small. There is a caveat, therefore, for generalizing the findings to other doctoral student populations. This study is useful to health administrators and faculty members, because issues concerning the importance of information literacy skills do not only apply to UDS, Tamale, but to other medical institutions in Africa as well. The study provides university libraries with reliable data on the need for and the effectiveness of information literacy instruction and it enables the librarians to strategize how to improve the instructions they provide. The medical profession highly depends on the adequacy of diagnosis and therapy selection, and for this, any medical professional must be capable to access and use state of the art information sources. There are only a few studies around the topic of medical literacy and almost none for developing countries. But the results of the other studies corroborate the findings of this paper to a great extent.

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Awareness and use of e‐journals by IIT Delhi and Delhi University library users

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Cited by 22 publications

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Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

User Perception Towards E-resources and Services of IIT-Guwahati Library

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

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