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In recent years, the internet has emerged as the most important and powerful medium for the communication of information. There is a tremendous growth in the number and variety of information resources available on the internet which becomes an important source for scholarly scientific literature and also more number of information resources as well as the results of scientific and medical research is now being available on web. The paper describes the use of web resources (e-journals and e-databases subscribed by UGC-Info-net consortium) by the students of medical sciences at Aligarh Muslim University, India. A well structured questionnaire was administered to 120 students to collect the primary data from respondents. A total number of 92 filled in questionnaires were received showing overall response rate of 76.66 %. The paper also indicates that it is probably counter-productive to evaluate students as one group. Different segments of students have very different and varied use patterns of web resources depending on study topic, study year, psychological dispositions, and other demographic factors. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology , 2014, 34(2), pp. 125-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.34.4006

Study of data collected from 56 users by the administrating questionnaires among their attitudes towards reading habits and purpose of the visiting of libraries at Delhi Public Library, New Delhi, indicate that the, purpose of reading, preference of language, form of library collection, assistance from the library staff in the use of resources and services is necessary to help users meet their information requirements. Finds that people are unable to visit the library regularly due to lack or shortage of time and literature being mostly read by the users are magazines and newspapers. O estudo de usuário obtido por meio da aplicação de um questionário em 56 (cinquenta e seis) usuários da Biblioteca Pública de Délhi, Nova Délhi visando verificar os hábitos de leitura e o objetivo ao visitarem a Biblioteca, propiciou informações sobre os objetivos de leitura, a preferência de idioma e o tipo de acervo utilizado. Observa-se que auxílio dos funcionários da Biblioteca se faz necessário para ajudar os usuários no uso de recursos e serviços para satisfazer suas necessidades de informação. O estudo também revela que os usuários não podem visitar a biblioteca frequentemente devido à falta de tempo, bem como revela que os materiais impressos mais lidos dentre os usuários são revistas e jornais.