Problems in Accessing UGC Infonet E-Journals Consortium among the Research Scholars: A Survey of Sri Krishnadevaraya University Library, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

This article highlights the problems encountered in accessing the UGC-Infonet e-journals consortium by the research scholars from the Sri Krishnadevaraya University library. This paper also shows about the how this consortium information influences the research productivity, purpose in using the consortium, search techniques used to find the articles from the databases etc. Since, it is a survey-based research article a well-structured questionnaire was designed and is distributed among 125 the research scholars visiting library. Based on the analysis of the data it is concluded that user awareness programme is essential and facilitate attractive services in order to improve and attract more number of users to access UGC-Infonet e-journal consortium.