Effective utilization of electronic information resources by the medical students and researchers of the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai

Electronic information resources such as e-journals, standards, reports, patents, trade reports are available on the web which are widely used by students and researchers. This paper analyze the use of such electronic resources by the medical college students and researchers of Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu which is one of the premier Medical Universities in India. The study was done through survey method. The results of the study reveal that the Medical University Library possessed sufficient online journals and databases necessary for the student and researchers. Parameters such as use of library services, purpose of using web resource, frequency of usage place of using web resources, place of web resources, reliability of web resources, assistance for using web resources, barriers and preference of using web resources use of e-reference sources and e-journal database consulted by users are analyzed and results are presented in this paper.