Use of digital resources by the scientists of Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), India: A survey

• The purpose of this study is to find out the level of use of digital resources.
• CDRI is a pioneer research organization in the field of biomedical research in India.
• The survey reveals that most of the scientists are aware of the availability of digital resources.
• The scientists frequently use them for their research work and paper writing.
• Scientists of the CDRI keep abreast of developments in digital resources.

The purpose of this study is to find out the level of use of digital resources by the scientists of CDRI, Lucknow (India). As a matter of fact, CDRI is among the thirty eight laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India headed by the Prime Minister of the nation as its president. CDRI is a pioneer research organization in the field of biomedical research in India. A well structured questionnaire was administered to the scientists of CDRI, Lucknow (India) to collect data regarding the use of digital resources. The survey reveals that most of the scientists are aware of the availability of digital resources and frequently use them for their research work and paper writing. They fully agree that with the usefulness of digital resources the quality of research work improves with enrichment of appurtenant contents and materials leading to high quality manuscript. It is also observed that majority of scientists of the CDRI keep themselves abreast of developments in digital resources and their proper utilization for their research projects. It is, however, found that slow downloading is the obstacle in proper and full utilization of digital resources.