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1. E - JOURNALS By Natasha Gandhi MLISc . 2012-13 18/07/2012 1

2. CONTENTS 18/07/2012 2

3. 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. 18/07/2012 3

4. 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 from .” 18/07/2012 4

5. 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.” 18/07/2012 5

6. NOMENCLATURE OF E-JOURNALS E-Journals are known today by different names such as: Online Journals Electronic Serials Electronic Periodicals Virtual Journals and Digital Serials 18/07/2012 6

7. 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. 18/07/2012 7

8. The online version of e-Journals can be accessible through Subscription Pay per view or Open access 18/07/2012 8

9. The e-journals can be accessed in three ways: Remote access From the library server Access through databases 18/07/2012 9

10. E-Journal database 18/07/2012 10

11. FEATURES OF E-JOURNALS Access issues Web presentation Searchability Likability to, from, within and between articles Interactivity and customisation 18/07/2012 11

12. ADVANTAGES Aid in scholarly work Provision of better access Creation of archives Unique facilities 18/07/2012 12

13. DISADVANTAGES Difficulty in reading computer screens Coverage Archiving Perishable citation 18/07/2012 13

14. DISADVANTAGES contd. Authenticity Ignoring PDF files Requirement of skilled manpower Technology 18/07/2012 14

15. EXAMPLES E-journals can be bought either singularly or through a database. A database will contain a package of e-resources such as e-books and e-Journals . 18/07/2012 15

16. Some of the E-Journals that can be bought singularly are: Indian Journal of Cancer The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 18/07/2012 16

17. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 18/07/2012 17

18. Certain databases offer e-Journals as one of the e resources to the library. They can be open access or subscribed. The open access databases provide access to e-Journals free of cost. Few examples of databases are DOAJ JSTOR 18/07/2012 18

19. The subscribed databases offer e-Journals at a subscription rate. Some of the subscribed databases are: PROQuest Science SciFinder Scholar Emerald EBSCO MEDLARS 18/07/2012 19

20. SNDT WOMENS LIBRARY The SNDT Women’s Library, Churchgate, subscribes to around 58 e-Journals and e-Journal databases. Under the UGC – INFONET scheme, the library subscribes to 5 e-journal databases namely Cambridge University Press, Emerald JCCC Engineering – INDEST consortium and IEL Digital Library.  18/07/2012 20

21. The library also subscribes singularly to many national and international e-Journals such as Economic and Political Weekly Journal of Developing Societies American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Studies in History 18/07/2012 21

22. LISA Plus Database, World Digital Libraries: An International Journal Psychology and Developing Societies, International Labor Review, Journal of Health Management 18/07/2012 22

23. 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. 18/07/2012 23

24. THANK YOU 18/07/2012 24