COMPARATIVE STUDY ON E-RESOURCE AWARENESS AMONG THE STUDENTS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

BINITA KUMARI SINGH¹*, INDIRA BISHNOI^2
1Department of Home Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Home Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : binita.moran2@gmail.com

Received : 01-02-2020     Accepted : 13-02-2020     Published : 15-02-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 3       Pages : 9525 - 9526
Int J Agr Sci 12.3 (2020):9525-9526

Keywords : Arts, Awareness, E-resource, Science
Academic Editor : Dr Vijayachandra Reddy S, Argha Ghosh, Dr Leena Muralidharan
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Home Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study was conducted at Banaras Hindu University during the year 2019 with the objective to study the awareness of e-resource among the students of arts and science stream. A total of 200 students were selected from the two streams (100 students from Arts and 100 students from Science stream). The finding of the study revealed that 82 percent of the male respondents and 39 percent of the female respondents from the Arts stream and 88 percent of male respondents and 90 percent of the female respondents from Science stream were aware of e-resources. Majority (73.81%) of the male and female respondents (66.67%) from Arts stream and female respondents (80 %) from Science stream came to know about e-resources from Friends while majority (43.18%) of the male respondents of Science stream came to know about e-resources from Library website.

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