Abstract This study was planned to examine the hard and soft form of learning resources available on the internet accessed by the teaching faculty. This study was conducted at the Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan from January 2to April 2017. As the target population was not too large, no sampling technique was employed and census-based approach was adopted. For data collection, the pre-tested questionnaire was distributed among 115 faculty members of both basic and clinical sciences groups with a response rate of 66(57.39%). Data was analysed using SPSS. Among the respondents, 38(57.6%) were males and 28(42.4%) were females. A majority 51 (77.27%) of the respondents used the internet for teaching and research. Library was the most frequently 22 (33.33%) used place for the internet use. Low internet speed, virus on computers and a lack of modern trainings were the major barriers. E-journals, e-books, online databases and theses and dissertations were the major sources consulted by the participants. Keywords: Use of internet, E-resources, Satisfaction, Faculty member, Peshawar Medical College. Introduction The Peshawar Medical College (PMC) came into being in 2006 and is run by Prime Foundation, which is not owned by an individual but has a board of directors comprising expert medical professionals and educationists. The college is recognised by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and affiliated with Riphah International University Islamabad. Besides Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), the PMC offers Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programmes in basic medical sciences and training of Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan-II (FCPSP-II) in general medicine and general surgery. The use of internet has brought revolutionary change in human life with a major impact on their ideas and behaviour. It has affected each and every aspect of mankind. This amazing technology has now become the natural part of our lives and has transfigured every field of world routine. Undeniably, it has brought dramatic increase in the advancement of learning and education, especially higher education. In Pakistan, most of the higher education institutes have acquired this high bandwidth technology for the promotion of education and research. 1 Faculty members are bound to rely on this emerging technology, not only for self-learning, preparation of lectures, enhancement of research, but also for new teaching methods and styles. Internet use among the faculty members of Islamia University, Bahawalpur, was much more than expected. 2 Singh revealed in a study that e-journals and online databases are the most frequently used e-resources. 3 Sakina, Khalid Mahmood and Farzana stated that the facility of internet was emerged in 1995 by Digicom in Karachi. The internet facility is now available in each and every big city of Pakistan with Wi-Fi facility and high gigabits per second points of presence (giga POP). 4 Citing the statistics of Internet Service Providers of Pakistan, a study reported there are 15 million mobile internet users, 25 million internet users and 1.7 million broadband internet connections in Pakistan. 5 Saeed Ullah evaluated use of the internet by faculty members at the Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, and recommended the provision of alternative power supply for smooth functioning of the internet. 6 The current study was planned to examine the hard and soft form of learning resources available on the internet accessed by the teaching faculty. Methods and Results This study was conducted at the Peshawar Medical College (PMC), Peshawar, Pakistan from January to April 2017. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection (Annexure). The target population was the teaching faculty comprising professors, associate professors, assistant professors and senior registrars of the PMC. Staff other than above was excluded. The instrument was distributed among the total 115 teaching faculty members. Based on the previous studies, it was calculated that 15 minutes was the maximum time required for completing the Vol. 68, No. 3, March 2018 459 SHORT REPORT Use of internet by the teaching faculty of Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Saeedullah Jan, 1 Abid Hussain, 2 Muhammad Ibrahim, 3 Sarah Saeed 4 1 Department of Library and Information Science, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, KP, 2-4 Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar. Correspondence: Muhammad Ibrahim. Email: pmclibrary@hotmail.com