The present study attempts to find out the uses of online databases by the science research scholars of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar. The study deals with the methods of learning skills for using databases, frequency of using online databases, purpose of using databases, success rate in finding the information, problems faced in using online databases and usefulness of information from online databases. The study also aims to find out whether the online databases are able to satisfy the needs of the research scholars. A well-structured questionnaire was designed to collect the responses of research scholars regarding the use of online databases. The study reveals that all the research scholars are familiar with online databases and majority of them (72.73%) use SCOPUS database followed by SciFinder Scholars (68.18%) and Web of Science (58.18).
