Affiliation:
1. Alagappa University, India
Abstract
The study analyses faculty members from 39 engineering institutions where electronic information was accessed for their teaching and research in Coimbatore District. The study observed results that 176 (33.8%) of them are Masters in Engineering, 89 (17.1%) of them have done M.Sc. Engineering, 46 (8.8%) of them have completed M. Tech, and 87 (16.8%) of the respondents are Ph.D. holders. The majority of the respondents, 221 (42.5%), are assistant professors/lecturers/senior lecturers. Two hundred fifty-one (48.3%) respondents rated that information sought from e-books are “excellent” while 205 (39.4%) of the respondents rated them as “very good.” Two hundred eighty (53.8%) respondents “agree” that electronic journals save the time of the user while 219 (42.1%) of the respondents “strongly agree.” A miniscule number, 21 (4.0%), respondents “disagree.”
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