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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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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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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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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