• Dr.Venkatesh.G

The present study aims to observe the use pattern of library information resources with special reference to Bengaluru city and study of user community of students and staff between twelve Engineering Colleges in and around Bengaluru City of Karnataka. Five hundreds and Fourty Four (544) users were selected by using stratified random sampling. This study of the research used questionnaire- based survey method. The data were well checked and analysed for data analysis. To analyze the data, the statistical tool such as Simply Percentage analysis was used. The results revealed that various issues such as analysis of awareness of e- journals, provision of easy access to e-journals, use of search engines, opinion of students about e- journals, problem faced by the students and faculty members and level of satisfaction and orientation and training programmes for library user community and many more features of the12 engineering colleges were discussed.

Information Access Pattern, Open Access Resources, Electronic Sources for Information

"Information Access Pattern of Users of Selected Engineering College Libraries in Bengaluru City, Karnataka – A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.16-24, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W03.pdf

"Information Access Pattern of Users of Selected Engineering College Libraries in Bengaluru City, Karnataka – A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp16-24, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W03.pdf