The present study assessed the use behaviour of the academic community of Kannur University, Kerala with regard to various online resources. It also assessed the awareness and satisfaction of them with respect to the online resources and identified various problems of them in accessing the online resources. A survey of 158 members of academic community was conducted through a questionnaire. The analysis of the study revealed that a majority of the academic community are aware of the various online resources. The highest percentage of them acquires usage skill of online resources through self learning. Only nearly half of them are satisfied with the online resources. The study concluded that online resources are the important information resources to update the information and knowledge of the academic community.

Keyword: Online Resources; Academic Community; Use Behaviour; Usage Skill.