Use of digital resources by the scientists of Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), India: A survey

Khan, Abdul Mannan; Khursheed, Atika

doi:10.1080/10572317.2013.10766373

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“…universities and institutions) (Table I). Apart from the studies provided in Table I, other studies that focused on investigating the usage patterns of the academic resources in the Indian context were Chand and Arora (2008), Kapoor (2010), Khan and Khursheed (2013), Sumeer et al (2014); Swain (2010), Tripathi and Jeevan (2013); and Tripathi and Kumar (2014). However, these other studies also identified similar research questions; therefore, we did not include them in Table I to be neat and parsimonious.…”

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Factors impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in India

Saxena

2018

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Purpose This paper aims to underline the factors impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in Indian universities. Design/methodology/approach Following a detailed literature review, the paper bases itself on a grounded theory and provides insights drawn from structured interviews conducted via email with 134 PhD students who were based in public and private universities in India. Findings The paper underlines that there are five factors (institutional; task complexity; relevance and application; information quality; and technical) that are responsible for impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in their scholarly work. Such factors are linked with resource constraints faced by universities, lack of motivation on the part of teachers and students, non-availability of an electronic library, etc. Originality/value The present study is a major contribution to the extant literature on the usage of academic journal articles for pursuing scholarly activities.

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Factors impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in India

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2018

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Use of e-journals by the scientists of CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, India

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2015

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of electronic journals (e-journals) by the scientists of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) – a center of excellence in the field of genomics and integrative biology situated in Delhi, India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the results of a well-structured questionnaire administered to all the scientists of the institute for the purpose of data collection. Findings – The main findings are that the scientists are more attracted toward e-journals specially on those provided by CSIR-NISCAIR Consortia, NKRC than those available via direct subscription. From this survey, the investigator has been able to find out that almost all the scientists are consulting e-journals from their campus cabin, not only for research purposes but also to update their own knowledge. The infrastructure to use e-journals are superb and there is no technological problem specially hardware and software support with high bandwidth of Internet speed exists here, as CSIR-IGIB uses largest computing facility (four Tflop/s) in Asia outside Japan (ranked 158th among the World’s Top 500 Super Computers). Respondents also identified that there is dire need for training in using e-resources and retrieving pinpointed information from the databases. Research limitations/implications – The present paper consists only of scientists and the geographical area is restricted to CSIR-IGIB, Delhi. The scope of the paper can be extended to additional CSIR libraries. A comparative study can also be made among some biological research libraries of CSIR Institutes. Originality/value – There are a number of studies on the use of e-journals by CSIR scientists, but this is the first of its kind which covers scientists of IGIB that has the largest computing facility (four Tflop/s) in Asia outside Japan. As such, it should pave the way for research and lead a model role for other CSIR Institutes as well as elsewhere.

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Use of digital resources by the scientists of Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), India: A survey

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Factors impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in India

Factors impacting the usage of academic journal articles by PhD students in India

Use of e-journals by the scientists of CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, India

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