Abstract The study aimed to investigate academic scientists, social scientists and humanists' scholarly use of information sources, self-reported digital literacy skills, use patterns of e-journals and differences in scholarly information seeking habits of academics at the University of the Punjab. The design of the study was quantitative, and survey method was employed to achieve objectives of the study. Self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 841 regular and contractual academics. The findings of the study showed that e-journals, discussion with colleagues and e-reports were frequently used by scientists and social scientists and occasionally used by humanists. Scientists and social scientists exhibited good digital literacy skills as compared to academic humanists. Significant variations were found among respondents of three disciplines in their digital literacy skills, scholarly use of information sources and use patterns of e-journals. The findings of the study provide insights into university librarians to plan training programs keeping in view disciplinary differences of academics e-journals use and their self-reported digital literacy skills.

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学术科学家、社会科学家和人文学者学术信息检索习惯比较分析

摘要 本研究旨在调查旁遮普大学学术科学家、社会科学家和人文主义者对信息来源的学术使用、自我报告的数字素养技能、电子期刊的使用模式以及学术信息搜索习惯的差异。研究的设计是定量的，并采用调查方法来实现研究目标。自我管理的问卷分发给了 841 名常规和合同学者。研究结果表明，电子期刊、与同事的讨论和电子报告经常被科学家和社会科学家使用，偶尔也被人文主义者使用。与学术人文主义者相比，科学家和社会科学家表现出良好的数字素养技能。三个学科的受访者在数字素养技能、信息来源的学术使用和电子期刊的使用模式方面存在显着差异。研究结果为大学图书馆员制定培训计划提供了见解，同时考虑到学术电子期刊使用的学科差异及其自我报告的数字素养技能。