Use of E-Resources by Health Professionals: A Case study of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Library, Chandigarh

The advent of information communication technology revolutionized the concept of library resources allowing users to access information in electronic format as well. This paper focuses on the usage of E-Resources by health professionals of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. The awareness levels of these users regarding usage has also been tapped in this study. A questionnaire based survey on the use of E-Resources was conducted. The paper discusses various aspects of E-Resources in terms of usage, experience in using, time spend, place of accessing, purpose of use and problem faced in using E-Resources. The paper finally suggests remedies like improvement in information technology infrastructure, enhanced accessibility and users training & education for accelerating E-Resource usage.