Abstract:

Taking Xinxiang Medical University Library as an example, this paper adopts questionnaire and in-depth interview as the main research method to explore the use of E-book databases. The result of the survey shows that the utilization of E-book databases is low, the main purpose to use the E-book database is students’ academic need, the main obstacle and unsatisfaction of user using the E-book database are unfamiliar with database and failure to find the required literature, the database training lecture is the most helpful to users, the frequency of E-book databases usage is related to users’ department, grade and read equipment and the use ratio of physical library. Based on the analysis of the research result, it puts forward some suggestions.

Key words: E-book database, academic library, usage statistic, usage behavior