1. E - JOURNALS
By
Natasha Gandhi
MLISc.
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2. CONTENTS
Introduction
Nomenclature
Access
Features
Advantages
Disadvantages
Examples
Conclusion
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3. INTRODUCTION
The word journal comes from the Anglo –
French term Jurnal, was first used in the
15th 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.
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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.”
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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.”
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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
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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.
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8. The online version of e-Journals can be
accessible through
Subscription
Pay per view or
Open access
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9. The e-journals can be accessed in
three ways:
Remote access
From the library server
Access through databases
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10. E-Journal database
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11. FEATURES OF E-JOURNALS
Access issues
Web presentation
Searchability
Likability to, from, within and
between articles
Interactivity and customisation
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12. ADVANTAGES
Aid in scholarly work
Provision of better access
Creation of archives
Unique facilities
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13. DISADVANTAGES
Difficulty in reading computer
screens
Coverage
Archiving
Perishable citation
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14. DISADVANTAGES
contd.
Authenticity
Ignoring PDF files
Requirement of skilled manpower
Technology
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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.
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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
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17. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
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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
1. DOAJ
2. JSTOR
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19. The subscribed databases offer e-
Journals at a subscription rate.
Some of the subscribed databases
are:
1. PROQuest Science
2. SciFinder Scholar
3. Emerald
4. EBSCO
5. MEDLARS
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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
1. Cambridge University Press,
2. Emerald
3. JCCC
4. Engineering – INDEST consortium and
5. IEL Digital Library.
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21. The library also subscribes singularly
to many national and international e-
Journals such as
1. Economic and Political Weekly
2. Journal of Developing Societies
3. American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition
4. Studies in History
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22. 1. LISA Plus Database,
2. World Digital Libraries: An
International Journal
3. Psychology and Developing
Societies,
4. International Labor Review,
5. Journal of Health Management
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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.
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24. THANK YOU
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