Awareness and Use of Open Access E-Resources by the Faculty Members of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Polytechnic, Satara: A Study

This study was conducted to determine the level of awareness of open access electronic resources by the faculty members of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil (KBP)Polytechnic, Satara. The study mainly focused on the use of different types of Open Access Electronic Resources (E-Resources) by the faculty, Source of Awareness, Learn to use, problems faced, purpose of use, preferred search engines and search methods for effective retrieval of E- Information Resources. For this purpose the researchers prepared a well-structured web based questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The collected questionnaire has been analyzed and presented with useful percentage analysis and suitable tables and graphs for presentation of data. The article concluded with summaries of the results highlighting the major findings and qualitative suggestions