Utilization of Information Sources and Services through Internet among the User Community in an International School, Chennai, (TN), India: a Survey

摘要

The present study of utilization of information resource and services by library user community conducted at Lalaji Memorial Omega International School in Chennai, India. This paper investigates the understanding on library sources and services through internet by the members of students. The study covers the students of classes of 9th, 10th and 12th standards and was limited to school campus of Chennai only. A total of 250 questionnaires distributed but 174 were returned duly filled in as a sample. A structured questionnaire was designed for collecting data from the chosen sample group. The maximum 77.02 % of respondents were browsing the Internet for educational needs, while 10.92 per cent browse for entertainment and e- mail only. Majority 83.33 % of the respondents are aware of ‘what a search engine is’, while 16.67 % do not know what it means. The maximum 58.62 % of the respondents using ‘Google’ search engine and followed by 32.19 percent of respondents using ‘yahoo’ search engine. Majority of 54.59 % respondents are using Internet for clearing their doubts on textbooks and lessons and also it is noteworthy mention that 6.89 per cent of the respondents have given no opinion. It was noted that 43.67 % of the respondents are aware of firewall protection while 56.33 per cent do not know. Also, the results indicated that the web based information resources and its services can be inferred that the coming day generations are eager to learn everything. The data obtained were analyzed using Simple Percentile analysis to generate tables and to arrive at conclusion.