The main purpose of this study was to determine users dependency on electronic and print journals by the most frequently users of journals-research scholars and faculty in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,Iran. A total of 118 faculty members and research scholars were selected. A questionnaire was prepared by the investigator and administered to the selected sample. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The results showed that the majority of users had high dependency on electronic journals. Furthermore, the level of awareness and use of e-journals as well as preferred format of journals by the users were discussed in this paper.

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