Use of Scholarly Online Journals: A Study of Faculty of Science at the University of Allahabad

Abstract

The study investigates the use of scholarly online journals at the Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad. A questionnaire was distributed among the Faculty Members, Research Scholars and M.Sc. students to collect desired data. A total of 108 questionnaires were distributed to the selected sample; 80 valid samples were collected. The result showed a growing interest in the use of online journals among the users. Online journals were mostly used for research needs and PDF was the most preferred format. Title search and simple field search was observed as the most preferred search technique. There are many factors that may affect the use of scholarly online journals.