Use of Scholarly Information by Faculty Members of Engineering Colleges in

Resources of information available via the Internet are increasing exponentially, leading to steady increase in the use of Internet for education and research. Since past few years, free online information sources like e journals, e-books, e-databases have increased considerably. Earlier, information and knowledge were passed by word of mouth or through manuscripts, and communication was a slow process. Today, it is passed from one individual to an infinite number of other users through a number of media and formats which makes rapid and widespread dissemination of information possible. This article discusses Use of Scholarly Information by Faculty Members of Engineering Colleges in Villupuram Town: A Case Study. A questionnaire survey was used for data collection, 180 well structured questionnaires were distributed for collecting the data, out of which, 112 were returned duly filled in with the response rate of 62%.The analysis of data collected covered awareness of electronic resources, Adequacy of E-Resource, Method of learning to access e-Resources, Place of Accessing Electronic Information, Approaching Method in Web for Retrieving relevan