Submission of 2024 A. D.
Permanent URI for this collection
Browse
Recent Submissions
Item ACCESSING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT KARNALI ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES(Central Department of library and information science, 2024-02-09) Budhamagar, Birjung; Gautam, SaritaThe thesis entitled “Accessing Electronic Resources by Undergraduate Students at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences” has been carried out to find out role of KAHS library in providing access to electronic resources for the fulfillment of information needs of the library users. It includes electronic data available by remote access and direct access. The objective of the study is to the accessing of electronic resources by undergraduate students. Review of 15 different national and international literature related to this title has been done. This study is a descriptive and user-based survey. This study studies specialized users inside the KAHS library. The primary data are collected through a field survey using the questionnaire. For collecting the required data for the study, 110 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents, and all of the questionnaires were returned successfully. The findings of this research are that the library provided various electronic resources, like Hinari, PubMed, Medline, and NepJol. 58( 53%)of respondents are not aware of electronic resources in the library. 40 (36% )of respondents used electronic resources other than those available at the library. 54 (49%) respondents are satisfied with using an electronic resource available in the KAHS library. Respondents viewed the need for an orientation program on electronic resources use, upgrading the IT infrastructure and keep away from slow downloads them facilitating for gaining access to lower back troubles of electronic resources, to reduce subject in discovering relevant information, encouraging to subscribe AsiaJol, Zlibrary, Emerald, Ebsco Host, Proquest, Mc Graw-Hill, Science Direct, MedCarib, Md Consult, Research Gate, Scopus, Medscape, Clinical Key, Access Medicine, Springer, Wiley, NepMed are also inspired to use. Key Words: Library resources-Electronic, Pub Med, HINARI, Med line, NepJol,Medical Library, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Library