Rajanikanta Shettihalli Thimmappa

Use of E-resources in Medical Institutions: a Digital Need of the Hour Rajanikanta Shettihalli Thimmappa

This study mainly focuses on the infrastructure facilities made available for medical college users for accessing e-resources. it also depicts e-resources available in the 22 medical college libraries of Karnataka state. The study has depicted that a large majority of the medical college libraries possess adequate internet browsing facility to access e-resources. Important recommendations include allocation of adequate funds, increase in subscription to e-resources, increase in the number of internet browsing terminals and finally increase in bandwidth of internet connectivity. This trend clearly indicates that adequate infrastructure facility has to be provided with on top priority.