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Title: Use and awareness of open access resources among researchers : a Case Study of Raman Research Institute
Authors: Nagaraj, M.N.
Bhandi, M.K.
Keywords: arXiv
Personal Blogs
Web 2.0 Tools
Wikipedia
RRI
Issue Date: Oct-2016
Publisher: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science
Citation: SRELS Journal of Information Management, 2016, Vol.53, p381-386
Abstract: This paper presents the key findings of a survey about use, awareness and utilization of open access resources and selected Web 2.0 tools among physics researchers. Open Access (OA) resources are classified into two categories: primary sources of information with full text access including databases and Web 2.0 applications like ResearchGate, Wikipedia and personal blogs. The population chosen for this study were physics researchers of Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, India. A structured questionnaire was distributed to 120 physics researchers;. 102 responses were obtained. The analysis revealed that physics researchers are aware and using subject based repositories like arXiv. It is found that around fifty-one per cent of users are satisfied with available OA resources.
Description: Restricted Access
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6655
ISSN: 0972-2467
0976-2477 (Online)
Alternative Location: http://www.srels.org/index.php/sjim/article/view/98771
http://dx.doi.org/10.17821/srels/2016/v53i5/98771
Copyright: 2016 Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science.
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