An electronic journal is a periodical publication which is published in electronic format.

1. TASK ASSESSMENT
ON
ICT
BY,
V.SHARMILA.
II B.ED ENGLISH(18BDE42)
‘B’ SECTION.

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.

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.

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