Use
of E- Resources by College Students of Arts, Social Science and Science Stream
of Raipur city: A Comparative Study
Dr. Santu Ram Kashyap
Sr. Assistant
Professor
SoS in Library & Information Science
PT. Ravishankar Shukla University,Raipur (C.G.) –
492010, India.
Abstract.
The
major objective of this study to compare the use of e -resources by students
from Arts, Social Science and Science stream and compare preferences of the Use
of e - resources by students of
Arts, Social Science and Science stream of Raipur city. The study was based on
survey method. Among various techniques of Survey Method, Questionnaire
Technique was used for the study. Accordingly a Self structured questionnaire
was designed to collect data from the regular UG and P G students of various
college of Raipur city. The major findings of the study shows that The
calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 5.32
and Table value is 5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is Accepted and Ha Hypothesis is
rejected it means there are no Significant difference in Use of e - journals
between Students of Arts, social Science and Science Stream. and e -book was
found to be the most preferred e-resource by students of Arts, Social Science
and Science students of Raipur city.
Keywords: E -resource, Arts, Social Science
and Science students, College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
INTRODUCTION
Normally any kind of material which fulfills our needs is called
resources. In the library, books are such kinds of resources that fulfill our
information needs. we know that reading is the foremost part of the
students. In this context E – resources
are the very important and helpful reading materials in pandemic situation for
college students because this supports their reading, learning, seminar presentation,
preparation of project work and research activities etc. This means that
present e - resources are boon for students and it gives a boost to them. e -
Resources are such kinds of resources which are available online and offline in
the electronic form such as e -Book, e - journal, e - News clipping, e
-research report and online database. etc. The Characteristic of e - resources
are that it is available on web in E- form which can be accessed anywhere from
any places in the world.
OBJECTIVES
OF THE STUDY
1. To
Know the Types of e – resources used by College students of Arts, Social
Science and Science stream of Raipur city.
2. To
identify most important e – resources usually used by college students of Arts,
Social Science and Science stream of Raipur city.
3. To
compare use of e-resources by students from Arts, Social Science and Science
stream of Raipur city.
4.
To Know & compare preferences of Use of e-
resources by students of Arts, Social Science and Science stream of Raipur
city.
HYPOTHESIS
Ho = There are no significant difference will be
Use of e – book, e– Journals, e - Magazine, e –
Research report, e–
encyclopaedia, e- newspaper and e-
bibliography between students of
Arts, Social Science and Science Stream.
Ha = There are significant difference will be
observed in Use of e – book, e – Journals, e -
Magazine, e – Research report, e –
encyclopaedia, e - newspaper and e- bibliography
Between student of Arts, Social
Science and Science Stream.
REVIEW
OF LITERATURES
Rajunaik, S. and Naik, Ramesh R. (2017). In her study found that 64% of
the faculty members, 89% of the research scholars and 63% of the students know
about the e-resources through E-mail notification from Library. 36% of the
faculty members and 89% of the students know the method used to access
e-resources through course offered by the Institute, while 84% of research
scholars know about the method used to access e-resources through Guidance of
the teachers and the supervisors. It is also observed that 79% of the faculty
members take a printout to read followed by 28% of the research scholar and 88%
of the students read online.
Vilgi, K.S. and Shibu Ray, S. (2018). Studied the use of e-resources by
the students and faculty members of federal Institute of science and technology
(FISAT), Kerala: A case study. The study revealed that the majority of 45.67 %
of the respondents prefer both print and electronic formats. 34.41% of the
respondents use e-resources every day. E-journals are the most used type of
e-resources by them. Access time to slow is the main constraint in its use.
Patel, Adam Burhansab, M. Sadik Batcha and Muneer Ahmad (2020). Investigate
the awareness and usage of electronic resources by library users of selected
colleges of Solapur University. The result revealed that 48.69% of the
respondents visited the library daily. 59.57% of respondents spent less than an
hour in the Library. It is also observed that 24.7% of the respondents from
aided colleges know about services of the Library from the website but 85% of
the self-finance colleges and 56.4% of the respondents from the Pharmacy
colleges know about services from their friends.
Shahnaz, P. and P. Balasubramanian (2021). conducted a study on access
level and utilization of e-resources in the University Libraries of Tamilnadu.
The major findings of the study are out of 574, 24.91% of respondents visited
Library Twice a week. 37.80% of the respondents use the library for their
research work. It is also found that research scholars are highly satisfied
with the availability of e-resources followed by Non-teaching staff, Teachers
and students.
SCOPE
AND LIMITATIONS
Present Study is confined to the use of e- resources by the College
Students of Arts Social Science and Science stream of Raipur city of 11 Colleges
Which is Chhattisgarh Autonomous College Raipur; Durga College, Raipur; Govt
D.B. Girls College Raipur; Arts and Commerce Girls College, Raipur; Dr. Radha
Bai Navin Kanya College Mathapara , Raipur; Smt. Pramila Gokul Das Daga Girls
College, Raipur; St. Vicent paloty College, Raipur; Disha College , Raipur;
Shantiniketan College Changorabhatha Raipur and Vipra Arts Commerce and
Physical Education College, Raipur, The different limitations of the study are -
a) The study is confined to
the College of Raipur city, (Chhattisgarh).
b) The study confined among
regular UG and PG College students of Raipur city only.
c) The study is confined to
the use of e - resources by the regular UG and PG College students only and not any other.
METHODOLOGY
The study was
based on survey method. Among various techniques of Survey Method,
Questionnaire Technique was used for the study. Accordingly a Self structured
questionnaire was designed to collect data from the regular UG and PG students
of various college of Raipur (Chhattisgarh) under the scope of the study,
keeping in mind the basic objectives of the study. The entire population i.e.
regular UG and PG students were taken as sample for the study which was 3603 in
numbers.
DATA
ANALYSIS
A structured
questionnaire was prepared and was distributed to 3603 Students of various
stream and various college of Raipur (Chhattisgarh) who were physically
available in the colleges. Out of 3603 Students, 2702 students with the filled
in questionnaires (75%) Hence in all cases the total number of respondents for
the present study was 2702.The collected data were analyzed with the help of c2 statistical techniques.
Table -1 shows use of e - books by
students from Arts, Social Science and Science streams.
Table 1: Use of e - book
by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
e
– resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
e – Book
|
81
(60.45%)
|
53
(39.55%)
|
651
(66.36%)
|
330
(33.64%)
|
1106
(69.69%)
|
481
(30.31%)
|
c2=6.81
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted in table 1 regarding use of e - books by
students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and
Science respectively reveal that 60.45% students from arts, 66.36% from Social
Science and 69.69% from Science stream use e - book. 39.55% students from Arts,
33.64% from Social Science and 30.31% from Science stream gave their response
in negative when asked to give their response on use of e - book is concerned.
For
comparative purpose the calculated value
is c2 (df=2) = 6.81and Table value is
5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted it means
Significant difference in Use of e - books between Students of Arts, social
Science and Science Stream. As a result the reveal that use of e - book is
significantly higher in students of Science as compared to Arts and Social
Science students respectively.
Table -2 shows use of E- journals by
students from Arts, Social Science and Science Stream.
Table 2: Use of e-journals
by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
e –resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
e – journals
|
40
(29.85%)
|
94
(70.15%)
|
300
(30.58%)
|
681
(69.42%)
|
551
(34.72%)
|
1036
(65.28%)
|
c2=5.32
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of
entries depicted in table 2 regarding use of e - journals by students from
different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and Science
respectively reveal that 29.85% students from arts, 30.58% from Social Science
and 34.72% from Science stream use e - journals while 70.15% students from
Arts, 69.42% from Social Science and 65.28% from Science Stream responded that
they do not use e - journals. Data also reveal that Use of e - journals are
relatively less by students of all three streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and
Science respectively.
The Calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 5.32 and Table value is
5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is Accepted and Ha Hypothesis is rejected it means there
are no Significant difference in Use of e - journals between Students of Arts,
social Science and Science Stream.
Table -3 shows Use of e
-magazines by students from Arts, Social Science and Science stream.
Table 3: Use of
e-magazines by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
e – resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
e –magazine
|
49
(36.57%)
|
85
(63.43%)
|
328
(33.44%)
|
653
(66.56%)
|
231
(14.55%)
|
1356
(85.45%)
|
c2=139.91
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted in table 3 regarding use of e -magazine by
students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and
Science respectively reveal that 36.57% students from arts, 33.44% from social
science and 14.55% from Science stream
responded that they use e -magazine. On
the other hand, 63.43% students from Arts, 66.56% from Social Science and
85.45% from Science stream gave their response in negative when asked to give
their response on use of e -magazine is concerned.
The calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 139.91and Table value is
5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted it means there
are Significant difference in Use of e - Magazine between Students of Arts,
social Science and Science Stream. As a result the reveal that use of e
-magazine is significantly higher in students of arts Stream as compared to
Social Science and Science students respectively.
Table - 4 shows Use of e -research report by students from Arts, Social
Science and Science Stream.
Table 4: Use of e - research report by Arts, Social Science
and Science students
|
Types of
e-
resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
e –Research Report
|
25
(18.65%)
|
109 (81.35%)
|
246
(25.07%)
|
735
(74.93%)
|
451
(28.42%)
|
1136
(71.58%)
|
c2 =8.14
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted regarding use of e -research report by
students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and
Science respectively reveal that 18.65% students from arts, 25.07% from Social
Science and 28.42% from Science stream responded that they use e - research
report. On the other hand, 81.35% students from arts, 74.93% from Social
Science and 71.58% from Science stream gave their response in negative when
asked to give their response on use of e - research report is concerned.
The calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 8.14 and Table value is
5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted it means there
are Significant difference in Use of e - research report between Students of
Arts, social Science and Science Stream.
Hence use of e -research report is highest in students of Science
streams as Compared Arts and Social Science Students respectively at .05 level
of significant.
Table -5 shows use of
e - encyclopaedia by students from Arts, Social Science and Science stream.
Table 5: Use of e
-encyclopedia by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
e - resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
e- encyclopedia
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
45
(33.58%)
|
89
(66.42%)
|
268
(27.32%)
|
713
(72.68%)
|
248
(15.63%)
|
1339
(84.37%)
|
c2= 64.46
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted in table 5 regarding use of e -
encyclopaedia by students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social
Science and Science respectively reveal that 33.58% students from arts,
27.32% from Social Science and 15.63%
from Science stream responded that they use e -encyclopaedia as resources. On the other hand 66.42%
students from Arts, 72.68% student from Social Science and 84.37% from science
stream gave their response in negative about using e - encyclopaedia.
The calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 64.46 and Table
value is 5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted it
means there are Significant difference in Use of e - encyclopaedia between
Students of Arts, social Science and Science Stream. Hence use of e -encyclopaedia is highest in
students of arts streams followed by students from social science and least by
science stream respectively.
Table - 6
shows use of e -newspaper by students from Arts, Social Science and Science
stream.
Table 6: Usage of e
-newspaper by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
E- resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
E– newspaper
|
74
(55.23%)
|
60
(44.77%)
|
514
(52.40%)
|
467
(47.60%)
|
490
(30.87%)
|
1097
(69.13%)
|
c2 =130.89
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted in table 6 regarding use of e -newspaper by
students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social Science and
Science respectively reveal that 55.23% students from arts, 52.40% from Social
Science and 30.87% from Science stream responded that they use e - newspaper as
resources. On the other hand 44.77% students from Arts, 47.60% from Social
Science and 69.13% students from science stream gave their response in negative
about using e - newspaper.
The calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 130.89 and
Table value is 5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted
it means there are Significant difference in Use of e - newspaper between
Students of Arts, social Science and Science Stream. Hence use of e - newspaper is highest in
students of arts streams followed by students from Social Science and least by
Science stream respectively.
Table 7 shows use of e -
bibliography by students from Arts, Social Science and Science Stream.
Table 7: Use of e -
bibliography by Arts, Social Science and Science students
|
Types of
e – resources
|
Educational Streams
|
(df=2)
|
|
Arts
N=134
|
Social science
N=981
|
Science
N=1587
|
|
e – Bibliography
|
42
(31.35%)
|
92
(68.65%)
|
140
(14.27%)
|
841
(85.73%)
|
74
(4.66%)
|
1513
(95.34%)
|
c2=143.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c2(df=2) 5.991 at
.05 level
A perusal of entries depicted in table 7 regarding use of e -
bibliography by students from different educational streams i.e. Arts, Social
Science and Science respectively reveal that 31.35% students from arts, 14.27%
from Social Science and 4.66% from Science stream use E- bibliography. While
68.65% students from Arts, 85.73% from Social Science and 95.34% from Science
stream gave their response in negative when asked to give their response on use
of e -bibliography is concerned.
The calculated value is c2 (df=2) = 143.87 and
Table value is 5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is rejected and Ha Hypothesis is Accepted
it means there are Significant difference in Use of e -bibliography newspaper between Students of Arts, social
Science and Science Stream. Hence use of
e - bibliography is highest in students of arts streams followed by students from
social science and least by science stream respectively.
After comparatively analysing the e-resources used by students from Arts,
Social Science and Science student, researcher ascertains preference for e -
resources used by students from Arts, Social Science and Science stream.
In table 8 preferences of
students from Arts, Social Science and Science for use of different types of E-
resources.
Table 8: Preference of Students from Arts, Social Science and Science
for Use of Different Types of e -resources
|
S.N.
|
Types of e -resources
|
Arts
|
Social Science
|
Science
|
|
%
|
Preference
|
%
|
Preference
|
%
|
Preference
|
1
|
E- book
|
60.45
|
1
|
66.36
|
1
|
69.69
|
1
|
|
2
|
E- journals
|
29.85
|
6
|
30.58
|
4
|
34.72
|
2
|
|
3
|
E- magazine
|
36.57
|
3
|
33.44
|
3
|
14.55
|
6
|
|
4
|
E- research report
|
18.65
|
7
|
25.07
|
6
|
28.42
|
4
|
|
5
|
E- encyclopedia
|
33.58
|
4
|
27.32
|
5
|
15.63
|
5
|
|
6
|
E- newspaper
|
55.23
|
2
|
52.40
|
2
|
30.87
|
3
|
|
7
|
E- bibliography
|
31.35
|
5
|
14.27
|
7
|
4.66
|
7
|
Perusal of table 8 reveals the
multiple preferences given by students of Arts stream that is first preference
in terms of e-resource is e -book and followed by e-newspaper, e-magazine,
e-encyclopedia, e-bibliography, e-journals and e-research report respectively
in descending order. Whereas by students of Social Science stream reveal that
their first preference in terms of e-resource is e -book and followed by
e-newspaper, e-magazine, e- journals, e- encyclopedia e- research report, and
e-bibliography respectively in
descending order. And by students of science stream reveal that their first
preference in terms of e-resource is e-book and followed by e-journals,
e-newspaper, e-research report, e-encyclopedia, e-magazine and e-bibliography
respectively in descending order.
As a result found from table 8
that is E-book is the most preferred e-resource by students of Arts, Social
Science and Science. Apart from this preference for other resources namely - e-
Journals, e-magazine, e-research report, e-encyclopaedia, e-Newspaper, and e-
bibliography did differ between students of difference educational streams such
as Arts, Social Science and Science.
FINDING
1. As a result the
reveal that use of e- book is significantly higher in students of Science as
a. Compared to Arts
and Social Science students respectively.
2. The calculated
value is c2 (df=2) = 5.32
and Table value is 5.991 so Ho Hypothesis is Accepted and Ha Hypothesis
is rejected it means there are no Significant difference in Use of e- journals between Students of
Arts, social Science and Science Stream.
3. Use of e-magazine
is significantly higher in students of arts Stream as compared to Social
Science and Science students respectively.
4. use of e-research
report is highest in students of Science streams as Compared Arts and
a. Social Science
Students respectively at .05 level of significant.
5. use of
e-encyclopaedia is highest in students of arts streams followed by students
from
i. Social science
and least by science stream respectively.
6. There are
significant difference in Use of e- newspaper between Students of Arts, Social
Science and Science Stream. Hence use of
e- newspaper is highest in students of arts streams followed by students from
social science and least by science stream respectively.
7.
Use of e- newspaper is highest in students of arts
streams followed by students from social science and least by science stream
respectively.
8.
e-book was found to be the most
preferred e-resource by students of Arts, Social Science and Science students.
Apart from this preference for other resources namely e-journals, e-magazine, e-research
report, e-encyclopedia, e-newspaper, and e-bibliography the use did differ
between students of difference educational streams such as Arts, Social Science
and Science.
SUGGESTION
1.
The college Authority and
Librarian should conduct user awareness and training programme on e - resources
Access.
2.
Should be wi fi facilities in
the college campus for students.
3.
To develop infrastructure
facilities in the all department of College.
4.
Library budget should be
sufficient for the e - resource collection development.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of finding concluded that use of E-resources like e - book,
e - journals and e -research report respectively was found to be in higher magnitude
in students of Science stream as compared to arts and Social Science stream.
whereas use of e - resources like e -magazine, e - encyclopedia, e - newspaper
and e - bibliography respectively was found to be in higher magnitude in
students of arts stream as compared to Social Science and Science stream of
Raipur city. No Significant difference in Use of e - journals between Students
of Arts, Social Science and Science Stream. Further concluded that apart from e
- book the preference to use e - resources namely e - journals, e - magazine, e
- research report, e -encyclopedia, e -newspaper, and e - bibliography
respectively was different in students of various Streams namely Arts, Social
Science and Science. Hence overall it
may be concluded that educational Stream of which student is Pursuing study
affect their use and preference related to E-resources.
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