e-journal

An electronic journal is a periodical publication which is published in electronic format.

1. TASK ASSESSMENT ON ICT BY, V.SHARMILA. II B.ED ENGLISH(18BDE42) ‘B’ SECTION.

2. INTRODUCTION The word journal comes from the Anglo-French term Jurnal , was first used in the 15 th century. A journal is a periodical dealing especially with matters of current interest. Journals that are available in an electronic format are known as e-journals.

3. DEFINITION According to The Harrods Librarians Glossary , an e-journal is “A journal for which the full end product is available on optical disc, over a network or in any other electronic form.”

4. E-journal The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science defines e-journal as: “ A journal is a periodical especially one containing scholarly article and/or disseminating current information on research and development in a particular subject field. If this task is done by and electronic media then it may be called e-journal.”

5. OTHER NAMES FOR E-JOURNALS E-journals are known today by different names such as: Online Journals Electronic Serials Electronic Periodicals V irtual Journals Digital Serials

6. ACCESS OF E-JOURNALS E-Journals can be accessed online or in the form of a CD. The online version has: Online –only journals Online version of printed journals Online equivalent of print journals with additional multimedia material.

7. E-journal The online version of e-journals can be accessible through Subscription Pay per view Open access

8. E-journal The e-journals can be accessed in three ways: Remote access From the library server Access through databases

9. FEATURES OF E-JOURNALS Access issues Web presentation Searchability Likability to, from, within and between articles. Interactivity and customisation .

10. ADVANTAGES OF E-JOURNALS Eliminates physical processing Saves shelve space Access anytime ,anywhere First published online – available quicker than print publications Access to archive issues.

11. ADVANTAGES OF E-JOURNALS Simultaneous access Links to related items Ease of downloading (PDF/HTML) Wider dissemination of journal/research Alerting services

12. DISADVANTAGES OF E-JOURNALS Technical barriers – hardware and software, network connection, etc. Infrastructure snags – bandwidth and load shedding issues, etc. Require skills and training to use. Costs to acquire e-resources can be high-technology and content. User unfriendliness depends on platform.

13. WHY USE E-JOURNALS ? Up –to-date information Convenient :information at your fingertips Value – added features: search facilities other links, video, graphics, audio, dictionary, etc. Export, email, cite, print, save, make notes.

14. E-JOURNALS Some of the E-journals that can be bought singularly are: Indian Journal of Cancer The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine.

15. CONCLUSION E-journals are scholarly journals or intellectual magazines that can be accessed via electronic transmission. They are the electronic version of the traditional journals with additional features. They form an important part of the scholars research material.

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