The document discusses the use and types of e-resources in higher education, highlighting their strengths and advantages. It illustrates various forms of e-resources such as electronic journals, online databases, and digital collections, along with initiatives like e-shodhsindhu and the National Digital Library of India. The advantages of e-resources include 24/7 availability, remote access, and cost savings, although challenges such as reliability and quality control are also noted.

1. Use of E-Resources for Higher
Education
By
Pruthvi P Badiger
Junior Library Assistant
IIT Dharwad

2. Content
• Introduction
• Types of E-Resources
• E-Resources strengths
• E-Resources advantages

3. Introduction
• E-Resource it means electronic resource.
• Any source of information available in
electronic format or accessible in electronic
format is called E-Resource.
• It may be in the form of PDF, image, video
etc…

4. • Electronic resources are regarded as the
mines of information that are preserved
through modern ICT devices.
• The phrase “electronic resources”, has
broadly been defined as information
accessed by a computer.

5. Types of E-Resources
• Electronic Journals
• Online Databases
• Scholarly Databases
• Information Gateways
• Digital Collections (Images, Audio, Video)
• CD-ROM Databases

6. Continued..
• Virtual Libraries
• E-Books
• E-Thesis
• E-Newspaper
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• PDAs and Pocket PCs
• Meta Resources

7. Electronic Journals
• Electronic journals or “e-journals” are used
for those journals and newsletters that are
prepared and distributed electronically.
• Full-text - whole journal available
• Partial full-text - selected articles only
• Table of contents or abstracts only

8. DOAJ
• Full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals, covering all subjects.

9. DOAB
• 29,627 Academic peer reviewed Books &
Chapters from 389 publishers

10. Online Databases
• This is the most effective way to provide
access to electronic books/journals.
• Online databases are a collection of
electronic information sources (e-
journals/e-books) by publishers from
various fields and disciplines
• Students can utilize the growing range of
electronic resources

11. e-ShodhSindhu
• e-ShodhSindu is a consortium for higher
education electronic resources

12. N-LIST
• An initiative of MHRD under NME-ICT now
funded by UGC, as component under
UGCINFONET Digital Library Consortium
have access for the e-resources (6000+ e-
journals and 31,35,000+ e-books).

13. e-PG Pathshala
• e-PG Pathshala is an initiative of the MHRD
under its National Mission on Education
through ICT (NME-ICT) being executed by
the UGC. The content and its quality being
the key component of education.

14. e-PG Pathshala
• It is a gateway to all Post Graduate Courses.

15. NDLI
• National Digital Library of India – Ministry
of Human Resource Development under its
National Mission on Education through ICT
has initiated the NDL pilot project to
develop a framework of virtual repository
of learning resources with single window
search facility. It is being developed by IIT
Kharagpur.

16. NDLI
• Currently 4,89,34,108 items available to
access.

17. Swayam
• SWAYAM is a programme initiated by
Government of India and designed to
achieve the three cardinal principles of
Education Policy viz., access, equity and
quality.

18. Swayam
• “Study Webs of Active-Learning for
Young Aspiring Minds”

19. Project Gutenberg
• This project offers 60,000 free e-books,
Choose among free epub and Kindle
eBooks, download them or read them
online.

20. Electronic Resources: strengths
• Huge range of information available
– >8 billion web pages
– >20,000 journals
• Timely, up-to-date information sources
• ‘Value added’ functionality (e.g. searching)
• Additional skills development – ICT skills
• Large volume of quality, free information

21. How can we access resources?
• Most academic e-resources are fee-based
– often very high costs (although variable)
– subscriptions to
individual/group/organisation/ nation/region
– pay-per-view models
• Growing movement of “open access”
• Authentication via username/password or
IP address

22. E-resources Advantages
 Available 7 x 24
 Remote access
 Desktop delivery of information
 Articles available upon publication
 Hypertext link to related resources
 Space saving
 Cost saving

23.  No handling of print
 No binding of journals
Less storage space required
 User satisfaction
 Seamless, one-stop access
 Individualised for the student
 Flexible for the teacher
 Universally accessible
 Easy to use

24.  Accessing information through electronic
Libraries
 Helpful in conducting research
 Data/ File storage through Cloud
Computing
 Lack of reliability and quality of information
 Quality control issues with online
information
 Search / browse functions