Seminar

on E-
Journals

By
MAMATHA J N
Librarian
Govt First Grade College
Kunigal,Tumkur Dist
 Introductio
n
 Journal
The term ‘journal’ denotes material published in regular
and separate parts. It deals with matters of current interest,
or with specialist subjects.

 Frequency
It might be weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly,
biannually, or annually, perhaps even biennially.

 Types
 Academic / Scholarly journals
 Trade / Industry journals
 Current affairs / Opinion magazines
 Popular magazines
 Newspapers
Definition of E-
Journal
 Electronic journals, also known as
e-journals, serials, are
scholarly journals or intellectual
magazines that can be accessed via
electronic transmission.

In the context of “the library”, this

refers to a periodical, serial, journal or
regularly published group of research
papers or scholarly articles, which is
Difference b/w print and e-
journal
 Content, appearance and presentation
 Added-value features such as links to
extra related information or other
article.
 Presented in PDF - Enables the article
to appear exactly the same as the
printed version including pictures,
graphs, figures, etc
 Available before the printed version
 Issues in Handling of E-
journals
 Selection
 Acquisitions
 Cataloguing
 Storage
 Preservation
 Usage
Advantages of E-
journal
Easily Accessible from in campus / off


campus
 Multiple users can use the same journal
simultaneously
 Can be searched very quickly and easily
 Publishers provide a search facility which
scans all the journals included on their web
site.
 Articles can be printed, downloaded, and
sometimes emailed to yourself (by aware of
copyright restrictions).
 If the archive is guaranteed, then costly
physical storage space can be freed up inCont..
the
 Advantages of E-
journal
 Available before the printed version is received,
because articles are loaded as soon as they have
been peer-reviewed and before ‘publication date’
 Can be found out through Voyager Library
Catalogue for availability of the electronic version
 Some documents are more useful in electronic
form due to enhanced search ability, e.g. in
allowing statistical calculations to be affected.
 Many sites include added-value features, such as
links to related articles links to related information
on other web sites
 Stable URLs for individual articles
 Email alerts when latest issue is loaded
Disadvantages
 Archiving and site licenses. Most of the e-
journals are not archived.
 Libraries have learned that both storing large
files of data and maintaining access to them
have additional costs in terms of staff, time,
and other resources.
 The lack of peer review of materials and
slowness of the Internet and power outrages.
 Reading a large amount of data on the
screen also can be very difficult and can
cause health problems such as back pain or
vision problems.
 Lack of accessibility to those who do not have
access to the Internet or any other kind of
 Major
Publishers
Academic Press IDEAL (International Digital

Electronic Access Library)<http:\\www.apnet.com
>
 Blackwell’s Electronic Journal Navigator
 <http:\\navigator.blackwell.co.uk/>
 Dialog@CARL<http:Dialog.CARL.org>
 EBSCO <http://www.EBSCO.com>
 Lexis/Nexis <http://www.EBSCO.com>
 OCLC <http:www.OCLC.org/OCLC/menu/eco.html>
 Project Muse/Johns Hopkins University Press
<http://museljhu.edu>
 Universal Microfilm International
http://www.UMI.com
 Elsevier’s science Direct
 Wiley Interscience
 Springer
 IEL

 Open access journals
 Open Access Journals are journals that use a
funding model which does not charge readers or
their institutions for access. The users can "read,
download, copy, distribute, print, search, to
the link or full texts of these articles"
DOAJ
Conclusion
Library is the place where the information is
collected, organized and provided to the “need
users”. Librarians are performing multiple tasks by
wearing different hats; this is due to restructuring of
Librarian’s job influenced by revolution in the
electronics information media. In recent days
Electronic resources are playing a vital role in
dissemination of Information. Many librarians are
considered leaders in the field of Electronic licensing
and in working with vendors to implement electronic
journals. Electronic publishing resources are
continuously growing and the Librarian’s job will
become more challenging and rewarding.