Original Article Library Progress (International). Vol.38 No.2, Jul-Dec 2018: P.219-228 Print version ISSN 0970 1052 Online version ISSN 2320 317X DOI: 10.5958/2320-317X.2018.00023.5 Influence of E-Resources on the Reading Ability of School Children: A Case Study Jiaur Rahaman1, Dr. M. Sadik Batcha2 Author’s Affiliation: 1Research Scholar, Ph.D, Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu 608002, India. E-mail:
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[email protected] Corresponding Author: Jiaur Rahaman, Research Scholar, Ph.D, Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu 608002, India. E-mail:
[email protected] Received on 11.07.2018, Accepted on 24.09.2018 Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of reading ability of school children of higher schools in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. Survey method has been adopted in this study. The population of this study consists of school children of higher secondary Schools in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. As the population is large, in terms of cost, money and effort involved, the investigator at the first stage selected 7 schools by simple random method. There are 580 students studying XI class in these schools. Again the investigator selected 182 students out of 580 by simple random method. The data has been gathered from 182 students using questionnaire method. The data has been analysed keeping in view the objectives using descriptive statistical techniques.