A Study of Shiraz University Faculty's Use of Electronic Journals

This survey aims at studying Shiraz university faculty's usage of Electronic Journals. Data is gathered via questionnaire. Results show that faculty use both of electronic and print journals, but trends to use the electronic journals are a little bit more than print journals. This is mostly apparent in faculty of engineering. In addition to that, there is no meaningful relationship between sex and amount of usage. Results show that rising the amount of electronic journals usage, results in raising the number of journals and articles faculty study. The most important reason of faculty for using electronic and print journals together is the lack of retrospective issues in electronic format. This survey reveals that faculty's familiarity and experiments for using electronic journals are rather high. According to respondents, the most important feature of electronic journals is the capability of following the references and the most important approach for locating them is searching through full text databases. It is advisable that the university authorities arrange workshops for the faculty to enhance their knowledge and know-how about e-journals and their new features and capabilities. This would contribute to excellence in research and education in Shiraz University.