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This research found that electronic resources are considered to be an important part of a lawyer's work and are gaining increasing significance. However not all lawyers have the ability to make full use of these resources. The results of this study indicated that factors personal to the applicant such as their previous training, electronic experience, personality and age have an impact on their ability to develop effective electronic information seeking behaviour. In addition external factors directly related to the electronic resources themselves, such as cost, usage time and lack of access also have an impact on whether these resources are utilised. It is important that lawyers are provided with the opportunity to access high quality electronic resources and undertake appropriate training to master using them. Further study needs to be undertaken to look at strategies and training methods required by lawyers and their employers to improve these skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]