INTERNET USAGE BY RESEARCH SCHOLARS AND MEMBERS OF FACULTY IN M.KUMARASAMY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KARUR, TAMILNADU : A STUDY

Abstract

Internet is believed to be a very powerful tool for information searching. Today from teens to old persons, everyone is using internet. The researchers and faculty in the discipline of Engineering are not exception to it. The Present paper reports the results of a study through questionnaire conducting on the research scholars and members of faculty in engineering discipline. The results indicate that 96.55% of respondents have the knowledge of computer. Majority of respondents know the basic tools and techniques of internet. All the respondents make use of internet. The purpose of using internet is sending and receiving e-mail, visiting websites, chatting, reading newspaper, online learning and accessing the e-journals, etc. The Internet facility available in central library is being used more frequently by the researchers and faculty in engineering as compared to other places of internet like cyber café, etc.