Ali Jamali

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between electronic resources and the research productivity of scholars at universities in Jamshoro, Sindh. The important role of electronic resources in enhancing research productivity has been widely acknowledged. The purpose of this study was to look objectively at the impact of electronic resources on the research productivity of scholars in universities of Jamshoro, Sindh. The level of awareness, usage frequency, dependency, purposes, satisfaction level, and challenges and their impact on research productivity are the main areas of this study. A survey approach to data collection was used with the help of a structured questionnaire prepared through literature review and also reviewed by expert professionals. The questionnaire's reliability was also examined. The population for the study was ME, MS/M. Phil and Ph. D research scholars in universities of Jamshoro, Sindh. Three hundred questionnaire were distributed among research scholars in universities of Jamshoro, Sindh who were chosen for the sample size by using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling table and using the convenience sampling technique for this study. After completing the data collection process, the researcher used histograms to examine the data’s normality and also the scales’ dependency. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson’s correlation) were selected to test the hypotheses regarding the correlation between electronic resources and impact on research productivity of scholars in universities of Jamshoro, Sindh. The result indicates that a large number of research scholars rely on electronic resources for their studies and get benefits on their research productivity; a significantly high level of search engines, i.e., Google Scholar, has been identified as the leading search engine as an electronic resource; research proposal writing is the assigned method for learning; and the impact of using electronic resources has increased the research skills of scholars. The respondents (50%) from Arts and Sciences, (34.6%) from Engineering and Technology, and (15.4%) from Medical and Health Sciences, from whom (57.1%) were female and (42.9%) were male, participated, where (40.8%) MS, (26%) M. Phil, (20%) PhD, and (12.9%) ME research scholars participated. Overall, the findings of the study illustrated the high impact of electronic resources on the research productivity of scholars; they have a high level of awareness about electronic resources, and their research productivity has become very authentic and perfect by using electronic resources. The researcher adopted the American Psychological Association's 7th edition thesis presentation criteria.