Use of Internet services and resources in the engineering colleges of Punjab and Haryana (India): A study |
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| Authors: | Amritpal Kaur Rajeev Manhas |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Library and Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Indiaamrit_lisc@yahoo.co.in;3. Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab 143001, India |
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| Abstract: | This article reports a survey on the use of Internet services and resources in the engineering colleges of Punjab and Haryana states of India. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and follow-up interviews with Internet users, i.e. teachers and students of engineering colleges. The response rate was 80.8%. Results showed that all the respondents make frequent use of the Internet because they have access either at college or at home. The survey revealed that the majority of the respondents, i.e. 65.6%, access the Internet from college or their workplace. More than 75% of the respondents use the Internet services mainly for educational and research purposes. Google and Yahoo search engines are found to be more widely used than other search engines. More than 70% of the respondents feel that the Internet is useful, informative, easy to use, inexpensive and time saving. |
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| Keywords: | India Engineering colleges Teachers Students Internet Internet use |
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