2. 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.
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
Virtual 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.
16. 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.