Electronic information sources and services at SGPGIMS, Lucknow: A survey

This study describes briefly a survey conducted at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow with the objectives to identify different types of Electronic Information Sources and Services, to find out its awareness and difficulty in use, to examine frequency of use of these resources, purpose to use the E-resources among the library users, reliability of E-resources etc. Data were collected through questionnaire distributed among the 10% of the registered users. There were 100% users found aware of E-resources and E-services, 0% fond never using E-resources and E-services, 90.47% users are using E-journals & E-books, 66.66% users are using on line database services, 71.42% users are using E-Services & E-sources for study, research purposes and so on. The study reveals that although the E-Services and E-Resources are being used in this institute but still a lot of efforts are required for improvement of ICT infrastructure.