Usage of Electronic Resources at Dr T.P.M. Library, Madurai Kamaraj University: A Case Study

Croatian university students' use and perception of electronic resources

“…In contrast to research showing that students prefer printed sources, a number of studies, especially those published in the past few years, indicate that students are more inclined to use electronic resources (Agboola, 2010;Harrington, 2009;Holaday, Selvig, Purkiss, & Hortsch, 2013;Ji et al, 2014;Pandita, 2012;Ranganadham & Babu, 2012;Thanuskodi, 2011;Uçak, 2007). The students emphasize ease of use, search, and access to information (Arya & Talukdar, 2010;Beard, Dale, & Hutchins, 2007;Kandpal et al, 2013;Ranganadham & Babu, 2012;Sudhier & Seethalekshmi, 2011;Uçak, 2007), recency of information (Pandita, 2012;Porumbeanu, 2009;Shelburne, 2009;Sudhier & Seethalekshmi, 2011;Sujatha & Mudhol, 2008;Uçak, 2007), availability of resources (Shelburne, 2009), access to a wide range of information (Beard et al, 2007;Pandita, 2012;Porumbeanu, 2009;Ranganadham & Babu, 2012), saving time (Ranganadham & Babu, 2012;Shelburne, 2009;Sujatha & Mudhol, 2008), and reducing costs (Hernon et al, 2007;Ji et al, 2014).…”

“…Students from developed countries are generally confident that they possess the equipment necessary for effective access to and use of electronic resources (Ji et al, 2014;Nikolopoulou & Gialamas, 2011). In contrast, students from less developed countries often point out the problem of inadequate ICT infrastructure (Agboola, 2010;Boumarafi, 2010;Dadzie, 2005;Hadagali, Kumbar, Nelogal, & Bachalapur, 2012;Manda, 2005;Okello-Obura, 2010;Thanuskodi, 2011). However, for the effective use of electronic resources it is not enough to have a powerful computer and fast Internet access; it is also necessary to have specific knowledge and skills.…”

Faculty Members’ Concerns about Adopting a Learning Management System (LMS): A Developing Country Perspective

“…digital libraries and data bases) (Thanuskodi, 2011) In the current study, in order to understand faculty members' acceptance of and attitudes toward the implementation of LMSs in their teaching practice, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) (Hall & Hord, 1987) was used. The CBAM has been used extensively to examine the acceptance and integration of technology in educational settings (Newhouse, 2001;Butler, 2010;Sultana, 2015).…”

A selective review of research on e‐resource usage in academic libraries

“…The researchers need to be informed of the high quality free internet resources and how to access them (Sampath Kumar and Kumar, 2010). Thanuskodi (2011) identified that M.Phil. student respondents took the first position in their overall methods of searching e‐resources, postgraduate student respondents the second position, PhD scholar respondents the last position.…”