A Study on Awareness and Usage Pattern of J-Gate plus Web Portal Among the Research Scholars of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

V. Rajendran; P. Mahalakshmi

doi:10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.239

Authors

V. Rajendran Assistant Librarian, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
P. Mahalakshmi Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.239

Keywords:

Online Databases, J-Gate Plus, E-Resources

Abstract

The paper provides information regarding awareness and usage pattern of j-gate plus web portal among the research scholars of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. The main objective of the study was to assess the awareness of j-gate Plus (Online databases) and to assess the impact of online databases among the users in Bharathiar University. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 254 Research Scholars in the Bharathiar University. It is found that most of the respondents are using J-Gate and they are satisfied with the online databases available in the library.

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