Use of Internet Resources by Faculty of Annamalai University: A Case Study

Abstract

This study is designed to analyses the patterns of internet resources use by the faculty and impact of internet resources and the problems faced. Internet is not a substitute for the library, to find out the use of internet resources by faculty members for their teaching. For this purpose a well structured questionnaire was distributed among the faculty members working from the five faculties viz: Arts, Science, Education, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine of Annamalai University. Each faculty 50 potential participants were selected as the sample. The finding of frequency of using library reveals that the professor respondents considerably use the library daily but have average knowledge about internet, the respondents have main problem in lack of time to acquire computer skills to use internet resources. Rating of Internet Resources indicates that an average level of performance