This paper presented a study of the level of information literacy among research scholars from Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu, India with respect to their demographic variables such as age, gender, locality, research discipline, frequency of using libraries, frequently used search engines, time spent per week for accessing library resources, time spent per week for accessing internet resources, and computer literacy. Survey questionnaire was distributed to the research scholars of the University and received 246 completed questionnaires were selected for further analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the information literacy of the research scholars was at moderate level. The study also revealed that the information literacy of the research scholars are positive correlated at the level of 0.05 by their discipline, frequently used search engines, time spent on internet, and stages of research and at the level of 0.01 for the respondent’s age, locality, computer literacy, number seminars and workshops attended

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