Abstract

Author(s): Mallikarjuna, S. Padmamma

In the 21 century the higher education plays an significant role and is one of the key drivers for the growth, performance and competitiveness of an individual at national and international level, due to the rapid growth of the Information and communication technology the higher education system is going through significant changes. The E- resources are playing a major role in enhancing the knowledge of users across the globe. In this view an attempt has been made in this article to review the existing literature on the awareness about e- resources, use of internet, and e- services by the faculty members of various college libraries and further literature review also covers on the users search strategy and preferred search engines while searching information through online.