4. An electronic book or e-book is a book publication made available in
digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-
panel display of computers or other electronic devices.
Sometimes defined as “an electronic version of a printed book”.
We can read e-books in desktop computers, laptops, tablets and
smartphones.
Users can buy e-books through online.
5. With e-books, electronic bookmarks
make referencing easier , and e-book
readers may allow the user to annotate
pages.
Mainly e-books includes fiction and
non-fiction books, technical materials,
and also programming books.
The main reasons that people are
buying e-books online are lower
prices, increased comfort and a larger
selection of titles.
6.
7. In the space that a comparably sized print book takes up, an e-reader
can contain thousands of e-books, limited only by its memory
capacity.
An e-book may readable in low light or even total darkness.
Many e-readers have a built in light source, can enlarge or change
fonts, use text-to-speech software to read the text aloud for visually
impaired, elderly or dyslexic people or just for convenience.
Also e-readers allow readers to look upwards or find more
information about the topic immediately using an online dictionary.
8.
9. There may be lack of privacy for the user’s e-book reading
activities.
E-books files may be corrupted, deleted or otherwise lost.
The owner of an e-book’s digital files may have access to the
digital text withdrawn due to digital rights management
provisions, the provider’s business failing, or other issues.
13. o A journal is a periodical dealing especially with
matters of current interest.
o Journals that are available in an electronic format
are known as E-journals.
o E-journals are scholarly journals or intellectual
magazines that can be accessed via electronic
transmission.
o They are the electronic version of the traditional
journals with additional features.
14. • They form an important part of the scholars research
material.
• 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.
15. Features of E-journals
Access issues.
Web presentation.
Search ability.
Likeability to, from, within and between articles.
Interactivity and customization.
18. InChemistry
• Medicinal
chemistry.
• Chemotherapy:
open access.
• Insights in
analytical
Electrochemistry.
• Trends in green
chemistry.
• Industrial
chemistry.
InPhysics
• Insights in
medical physics.
• Journal of lasers,
optics and
photonics.
• Journal of
physical
chemistry and
biophysics.
• Fluid mechanics:
open access.
InBiochemistry
• Electronic journal
of biology.
• Bioenergetics:
open access.
• Journal of
microbial and
biochemical
technology.
• Journal of plant
biochemistry and
physiology
