This document summarizes different types of electronic literature in the social sciences including electronic journals, databases, internet resources, and online public access catalogs. It provides examples and descriptions of each type. Electronic literature is useful for accessing social science information as it saves time, allows for quick access, and helps address the increasing amount of literature being produced.

1. Electronic form
Of social sciences literature
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2. Presented to:
Sir Javed
Presented by:
Bushra Khalid Roll no. 11
Faiqa Azam Roll no. 12
Nimra Munawar Roll no. 28
Sadaf Gulzar Roll no. 34
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3. Electronic literature
Electronic literature, otherwise known as Digital Literature,
is a literary genre consisting of works of literature that
originate within digital environments and require digital
computation to be read. In contrast to most e-books,
electronic literature is created specifically to be used via a
digital setting and thus cannot be printed as key elements
of the text require computation: for instance there may be
links, generative aspects, multimedia content, animation or
reader interaction in addition to the verbal text. Electronic
literature may also take the form of digitally mediated
performance writing.
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4. Kinds of electronic literature
• Electronic Journals/books
• Electronic databases
• Internet Resources
• Online Public Access Catalogues (OPAC)
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5. Electronic journal
Electronic journals, also known as ejournals, e-
journals, and electronic serials, are scholarly
journals or intellectual magazines that can be
accessed via electronic transmission. In practice, this
means that they are usually published on the Web.
They are a specialized form of electronic document.
They have the purpose of providing material for
academic research and study, and they are formatted
approximately like journal articles in traditional
printed journals. Many electronic journals are listed in
directories such as the Directory of Open Access
Journals, and the articles indexed in bibliographic
databases and search engines for the academic
discipline concerned.
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6. Electronic database
An e-database is an organized collection of
information, of a particular subject or multi-
disciplinary subject areas.
The information of an e-database can be
searched and retrieved electronically.
Contents include journal articles, newspaper
articles, book reviews and conference
proceedings, etc.
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7. E-databases
Usually updated on a daily, weekly, monthly
or quarterly basis.
Types of e-databases:
Full-text vs. Bibliographic
Full-text databases contain the whole
content of an article such as citation
information, text, illustrations, diagrams and
tables.
Bibliographic databases only contain citation
information of an article, such as author
name, journal title, publication date and
page numbers.
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8. E-book
An e-book is the electronic version of a book
covering its full contents text, tables,
diagrams, illustrations, etc
An e-book collection is usually set up in an e-
database, which supports full-text searching
within and across titles, advanced search
and bookmark functions.
Users can view full text of e-books in HTML
or PDF format online.
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9. Audio ebook
An online collection of audio books
Consists of more than 1,000 tracks of
spoken word on classic novels, plays,
poetry and non-fiction literature.
Texts on the literature are available on
screen along with the spoken
presentation.
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10. OPAC
An online public access catalog often abbreviated
as OPAC or simply library catalog is an online
database of materials held by a library or group of
libraries. Users search a library catalog principally to
locate books and other material available at a library.
For example library of congress online catalog
https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s
&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQF
jAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.loc.gov%2F&ei=1t
Y3U__PNKaJ0AXe0YDoBQ&usg=AFQjCNFPn-
H0snynRhnTnHinfry4tP8szA
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11. What is open access
• Open-access literature is digital,
online, free of charge, and free of
most copyright and licensing
restrictions.
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12. Digital Library Of The
Commons Repository
The Digital Library of the Commons
(DLC) is a gateway to the
international literature on the
commons. The DLC provides free and
open access to full-text articles,
papers, and dissertations.
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13. Link of DLC
• http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/6261
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14. Science direct
• science direct is a leading full-text scientific database
offering journal articles and book chapters from more
than 2,500 journals and almost 20,000 books.
• Articles published in our Open Access journals are made
permanently free for everyone to access immediately
upon publication.
• www.sciencedirect.com
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15. Filter by subject
• Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Life Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Social Sciences and Humanities
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16. Journal names
• Arab Economic and Business Journal
• Climate Risk Management
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17. HEC digital library
• HEC National Digital Library (DL) is a program to
provide researchers within public and private
universities in Pakistan and non-profit research
and development organizations with access to
international scholarly literature based
on electronic online delivery, providing access to
high quality, peer-reviewed journals, databases,
articles and e-Books across a wide range of
disciplines. The e-books support programme will
allow researchers to access most of the important
text and reference books electronically in a variety
of subject areas. Around 75,000 number of
electronic content has been made available
through the Digital Library Programme.
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18. Link to HEC Digital library
• http://www.digitallibrary.edu.pk/Resources.php
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19. Close access electronic
books
• The library: a world history by james
W.P Campbell.
• http://www.amazon.com/Library-James-W-P-
Campbell/dp/022609281X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&
qid=1396267425&sr=1-1
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20. Close access
• The Public Library: A Photographic Essay by
Robert Dawson, Ann Patchett and Bill Moyers
• http://www.amazon.com/Public-Library-Photographic-
Essay/dp/161689217X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
=1396267425&sr=1-2
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21. Open access e-books
Australian Institute of Marine Science Reference library
• http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/reflib-00.html
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22. Open access
Bookrags
1,500 classic titles available, for Palm or other handheld
devices.
http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/
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23. Need of electronic literature
The number of books, journals, papers, and
conferences in the social sciences is
increasing with each passing year. The
explosion of information and resources is
increasing the burden on librarians and
information professionals who must assist a
wide range of users of the social science
literature. Electronic literature is providing
comfort to the users and professionals. The
electronic resources are very suitable for
saving the time and quick access to
information.
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24. References
• http://www.digital-librarian.com/socialsciences.html
• https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sou
rce=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQFjAB&url=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.loc.gov%2F&ei=1tY3U__PNKaJ0A
Xe0YDoBQ&usg=AFQjCNFPn-
H0snynRhnTnHinfry4tP8szA
• http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/6261
• http://www.digitallibrary.edu.pk/OAEBooks.html
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