AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF USER NEEDS WITH REFERENCE TO E-JOURNALS

Abstract

During recent past, due to advancements in information communication technology (ICT), information format and methods of information retrieval have been rapidly changing and making its impact on information seekers especially research scholars, faculty and PG students. Online journals are fast becoming a major source for scholarly information. Now information seekers are required to change their methodology in accessing information. Present era is the era of transition from print media to electronic media. However it is not clear whether printed version will disappear altogether. To make optimum use of the features which are available only in the on-line version, scientists have been persuading the librarians to subscribe to both the print as well as electronic versions of the journals, in the libraries.