Impact of Advent of Electronic Information Resources on Research

Thestudyhasbeenconductedwithanobjectivetoassesstheimpactofe-resourceson sevenaspectsofresearch.SevenagriculturaluniversitiesofNorthIndiaweresurveyed whileusingquestionnaireasadatacollectiontool.Themajorityofrespondentsareof theopinionthatduetoadventofe-resourcesandinviewoftheICTdevelopments,they ‘feelmuchcomfortableandcompetenttosearchinformation’andthechangedscenario hasenabledthemto‘generatenewresearchideas’.Thequantityaswellasqualityof researchhasimproved.Amajorityoftherespondentsarealsooftheopinionthattheir ‘researchoutputfindsmorecitations’.Amajorityofusersareoftheopinionthatthe problemof‘duplicationofresearch’hasdiminishedwhileincontrastthemenaceof ‘plagiarismhasincreased’.Amajorityoftheusersagreethatadventofe-resources haslaidapositiveimpactexceptforthefactthat‘plagiarism’hasenhanced. KEywoRDS Agricultural Libraries, Citation of Research, Duplication of Research, Generation of New Ideas, Impact of E-Resources on Research Aspects, Plagiarism, Quantity/Quality of Research, Search Competence International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development Volume 11 • Issue 2 • April-June 2019

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