Library Resources and Services Usage by the Students of Chhatrapati Shahu ji Maharaj University, Kanpur

Abstract

A library is an important part of the university, so any university needs to develop and maintain the standards of its library. This paper describes and highlights the usage of library resources and services by the respondents of the Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU) The study tried to find out the preferred sources, resources by the users, and their usage by them. The result of the study helps the administration in improving the central library. A purposive online survey is designed through Google Forms to collect data from the respondents of the CSJMU. It was observed from the data of the study that resources of the library such as online resources (30.96%), and reference books (24.74%) are consulted by the respondents. Various databases are consulted by the research scholars as well as students such as Scopus (32.50%), Pressreader (26.54%), and J-Gate (22.50%), etc. for finding the scholarly content regarding their theses, dissertations, assignments, projects, etc.