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BENEFITS OF E-RESOURCES

Swathy Sankar1st B.Ed Natural ScienceS.N College of Education

Muvattupuzha.

E-RESOURCES

An electronic resource is any information source that the library provides access to in an electronic format.

The library has purchased subscriptions to many electronic information resources in order to provide you with access to them free of charge.

It includes lots of things like full- text journals, news papers, company information, e-books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, economic data, digital images, industry profiles, market research, career informations etc.

It is a full service technology firm, providing digital media solutions, strategic planning and consulting, creative design, online application management and IT services to a diverse client base.

Electronic Resource Management(ERM) is the practices and software systems used by libraries to keep track of important information about electronic information resources, especially internet- based resources such as e-books and e-journals.

BENEFITS OF E-RESOURCESAccessible• It can be accessed from any computer on campus and

usually any computer off campus, any time of the day or night, so there is no need to make a trip to the library.

Easily searchable• Each journal can be searched quick and easy after through

the complete full text of articles and via online index.Speed• Articles/issues appear online before printed version is

available.

Interactive• Rapid turn around time means articles can be read,

commended by the reader, amended quickly and greater feed back through the web.

Links• Hyper text format should be exploited and links to

related articles, information on other websites, stable URLs for individual articles and e-mail alters when latest issue loaded.

Inexpensive• Savings can be made over printing costs, distribution

costs and extra costs by new features.Flexibility• E-journals evolved quickly. They are not tied to a

format, printer and distribution network.

Added Value• Advantages taken on the web is to add value by using

animation, virtual reality and interactive mathematical charts.

An e-resource is any information source that the library provides access to in an electronic format.

It includes books, journals, magazines, newspapers etc. The major benefits of e-resources are, vast amount of

information, time saving, more informative, diversity of resources, availability of information in 24 hours/ day etc.

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