Usage pattern of e-resources among management students in Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)

Published date06 August 2018
Date06 August 2018
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/EL-04-2016-0088
Pages665-676
AuthorVinod Kumar,Vandana ,D.K. Batra
Subject MatterInformation & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet
Usage pattern of e-resources
among management students in
Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)
Vinod Kumar
Department of Marketing, International Management Institute, New Delhi, India
Vandana
Jagannath International Management School, Kalkaji, New Delhi, India, and
D.K. Batra
Department of Marketing, International Management Institute, New Delhi, India
Abstract
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the usage pattern of electronic resources (e-resources)
among management graduates. The respondents were asked about the types of e-resources they used,
who their inuencers were, their preferred place for surng, the frequency of use, purpose for which
they used e-resources, its benets and the problems they faced while using e-resources. The ndings
of the study will help in enhancing the usage of e-resources among students who opt for management
courses.
Design/methodology/approach This descriptive research was conducted in Nagpur, Maharashtra
(India). Data collected from 150management students through purposive sampling were analyzed through
descriptivestatistics, and the responses were presentedin tabular form.
Findings The investigation reveals that studentsare well aware of e-resources and consider them to be
very useful for their academicperformance. Interestingly, students are found to be using non-paidresources
more than paidones because of a lack of search skills. Discipline-wiseinvestigation reveals that students from
the disciplines of information technology,economics and nance use e-resources more frequently than those
studying subjects like marketing, operations and humanresource management. Faculty and training have
emergedas strong inuencers that have persuaded studentsto use e-resources.
Research limitations/implications The present study is limited to students studyingmanagement
courses in Nagpur,Maharashtra (India).
Originality/value This researchwill help institutions, librarians and publishersin gaining insight on the
utilization patterns of e-resources. The uniqueness of this study lies in the fact that it has analyzed and
presented the responses of management students belonging to different disciplines in management studies
such as, marketing, nance,human resource management operations, economicsand information technology
regardingtheir usage patterns of e-resources.
Keywords India, Management students, e-Resources, Management studies, Nagpur
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
From the time the World Wide Web was introduced, a gradual proliferation was noticedin
the usage of the electronic version of resources, also termed as e-resources (Tenopir et al.,
2003;Bar-Ilan and Fink, 2005). These resources have been described as the resources that
are generated through some electronic medium and made available to a wide range of
viewers, both on-site and off-site, via some electronic transferring machine or internet
(Saye, 2001). Effectiveness, efciency, satisfaction and learnability are the key aspects
Usage of pattern
of e-resources
among students
665
Received14 April 2016
Revised19 May 2016
28December 2016
3June2017
22July 2017
3September 2017
Accepted3 December 2017
TheElectronic Library
Vol.36 No. 4, 2018
pp. 665-676
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DOI 10.1108/EL-04-2016-0088
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