Use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of Goa University, India

Chirra, Rekha; Madhusudhan, Margam

doi:10.1108/07419050911022289

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“…Users are either aware of the resources and use them, or aware, but do not use them, or sometimes they are unaware and therefore do not use them. Studies, such as Atakan et al (2008), Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009), Dee and Stanley (2005), Eskola (2005), Haines (2010) all found that users were aware of the digital information resources and used them. For example, Haines (2010) in a survey on the use of electronic resources by undergraduate and post-graduate students of basic sciences at the University of Vermont, United States, revealed that all the respondents (100%) were aware of the digital information resources of the university and accessed them.…”

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Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Alriyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2017

JJLIS

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Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Alriyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2017

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“…The evolution of electronic journals, according to Lancaster (1995), as cited in Otu et al (2015) began in 1960s and today have managed to proclaim itself as one of the various academic tools available on the internet. Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) noted that the demand for electronic journals (Ejournals) among the academic and research community has increased over the years. E-journals are fast gaining wider acceptability and usage as most researchers and scholars now made their research findings available through electronic journals.…”

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The use of e-journals by academic staff of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Aladeniyi¹

2017

Int. J. Lib. Inf. Sci.

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The study surveyed the use of e-journals by academic staff of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Questionnaire was designed to gather information on the use of e-journals by the academic staff. Data gathered from the respondents were analyzed through the use of frequency table and percentage. From the analysis, it was discovered that all the academic staff use e-journals and it is used for different academic purposes. All the academic staff agrees to the use of e-journals for research purpose. It was also observed from the findings that most of the academic staff uses e-journals occasionally. The advantages derived from the use of e-journals were also revealed in the study. These include good source of information, currency and timeliness of information, ease of access, ease of storage and time saving. The study also identified some problems encountered by the academic staff while accessing e-journals. Among these problems were slow internet connectivity, frequent power outage and high cost of journal subscription. Recommendations were therefore given, this include increase of internet bandwidth, reduction in prize of articles on e-journals, payment of subscription fee for e-journals by the management of the institution and making it available to their academic staff.

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“…Many scholarly works have been done on awareness of the various electronic databases offered by many university libraries worldwide. Studies by Nisha and Ali (2013), Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) all revealed that clients were aware of and used the electronic databases available to them. In their study, for instance, Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) confirmed the use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of Goa University, India.…”

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“…Studies by Nisha and Ali (2013), Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) all revealed that clients were aware of and used the electronic databases available to them. In their study, for instance, Chirra and Madhusudhan (2009) confirmed the use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of Goa University, India. It revealed that 100% respondents were aware of the electronic journals of the consortium and accessed them.…”

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Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

Alu¹,

Bardy²,

Dadzie³

2017

UCER-B

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The purpose of the study is to show how a collective knowledge management effort was undertaken in a low-tech environment yields outcomes that benefit all participants of the effort-students and staff of a medical school, the medical profession in the community, paramedics, and the community at large. It also demonstrates that acquainting students with knowledge management skills early and improving their information literacy. If they can effectively manage their knowledge resources in close connection with all members of the society around their school, the benefits will be improving academic efficiency, diagnostic effectiveness, and feedback from medical institutions and patients. The study descends from the Medical Library Association's definition of health information literacy. It uses a survey at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, to examine the information and literacy skills of its medical students. Also, it explores the level of awareness of the various databases to which the university library is subscribed, the benefits of information literacy skills, and the challenges that students face in identifying and using information sources. From there, the paper explores avenues for improving the situation of the students of which the optimal is conjoining resources in and outside the medical school. Linking faculty, students, and medical professionals in the university's local environment in a collective endeavour for enhancing the literacy skills proper can result in a shared inventory of tools that help to discriminate, which information is needed and which is redundant. From this foundation, students would develop abilities to understand knowledge management and know how to apply it in their specific field of professionalization. The sample was selected from doctoral students in a single institution in the field of education. Also, the sample was self-selected and relatively small. There is a caveat, therefore, for generalizing the findings to other doctoral student populations. This study is useful to health administrators and faculty members, because issues concerning the importance of information literacy skills do not only apply to UDS, Tamale, but to other medical institutions in Africa as well. The study provides university libraries with reliable data on the need for and the effectiveness of information literacy instruction and it enables the librarians to strategize how to improve the instructions they provide. The medical profession highly depends on the adequacy of diagnosis and therapy selection, and for this, any medical professional must be capable to access and use state of the art information sources. There are only a few studies around the topic of medical literacy and almost none for developing countries. But the results of the other studies corroborate the findings of this paper to a great extent.

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Use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of Goa University, India

Cited by 30 publications

References 10 publications

Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Resources by Medical Students at Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia

The use of e-journals by academic staff of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

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