Through informal sources, it can be see that, 70% of the research scholars use the e.mail on daily and very meager respondents (5%) use once in a week and also it is to be noted that 10% of the respondents never used the above facilities. More over it is observed that one third of the Ph.D scholars use the informal sources of face to face discussion/conversations with colleagues daily. Less than 50% of the research scholars attend the meetings/seminars/conferences/workshops rarely. More than one fourth (30%) of the research scholars have the usage of previous knowledge rarely and also the same is applicable to the category which never used 30%.35% of the scholars never used the private correspondences and 10% discuss with librarian/ reference staff of the library daily. But it is noted that 50% of the research scholars never discussed with those staff for their information gathering activities whereas 50% of the research scholars consult a knowledgeable person daily and another 50% of the scholars once in a week