Awareness and Usage Pattern of Literature Management Tools among Faculty and Research Scholars : A Survey

Literature management tools are very important application software to make the academic assignment much easier. It helps the user to manage the entire process of the research work with ease. The main objective of the paper is to know the awareness level and the usage pattern among the faculties and research scholar of Odisha. The study also identifies the perception among the faculties and research scholar in regards to the usefulness of those tools as well as the available sources from where they could learn about those tools. In this connection a case study has been conducted from the faculties and research scholar at the selected university of Odisha. Apart from the 225 questionnaire distributed, 188 responses were obtained from the faculties and research scholar.