E- Resources

PRESENTED
BY
Ms. PREETI PATEL

School of Library & Information Science

DAVV, Indore
Points for discussion:-
 Introduction
 Purpose of e- resources
 Need of Electronic Resources
 Structure of E- -resources
 Basic requirement for accessing e-resources
 Type of e-resources
 Features of E-resources
 How to access E-Resources
 Rules for access Electronic Resources
 Copy right issue about E- resources
 Useful websites for librarians
 Impact of E resources on library services and user
studies
Introduction
The current evolution in Information
technology bring major changes in the way
of Information communication. Information
Communication technology developments
opened up new avenues to e-resources
publishing in a big way. E- resources is
distribution of information in any electronic
form such as CD- ROM, Floppy Disk or
Magnetic tape or across a computer
network like e-journals, E-Books, ETD etc.
accessible dial-up bulletin board or on-line
services.
Purpose of E- resources
 Main purpose of electronic resources
is providing current information.
 Up date information is necessary for
research work.
 Through electronic resources users
are able to access latest information.
 Save the time of user and staff
 Solve the space problem in library
 Easy to use and disseminate
Need of Electronic Resources
Electronic resources have great
potential and bright future to attract
users. It combines all the benefits of
the multimedia, digital coding and
Internet. It enable user to carry
everywhere and can be read on all
types of computers including handled
device.
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 E- Resources can be downloaded instantly.
 Users can read an e- resource any time
 Due to portability, e-resources can be
taken any where on portable computer.
 Font size can be changed suitably;
 E- resources provide facility to hold and
turn pages easily
 Physically disabled users can hear audible
E- resources
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 In buying E- resources, the overhead

charges like shipping , postal ,handling are
totally ruled out
 Some E- resources are interactive
E- Resources have back round music and
animations.
 E- resources do not require bindery and
repair
 E- resources save human resources for
shelving and rectification
 User can not misplace e- books
Structure of E-Resources
 HTML Format
 PDF Format
 TIFF
 Plucker Format
 CHM Format
 PostScript Format
 Desktop Author Format
 Rich Text Format etc.
HTML Format
HTML is the Highper Text Mark Up
Language used for most web pages.
E-books using HTML can be read
using a standard browser like
Microsoft Internet Explorer etc., with
no need for special equipment. These
files can be in ASCII format or in
Unicode format.
Portable Document Format
Published as a .PDF. A file format
created by Adobe Systems, initially to
provide a standard form for storing
and editing printed publishable
documents. Because documents in
.pdf format can easily be seen and
printed by users on a variety of
computer and platform types, they
are very common on the World Wide
Web.
Portable Document Format
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 PDF files designed for printing on

standard paper sizes are hard to view
on screens with limited size or
resolution.
 PDF files typically contain product
manuals, brochures, magazine articles,
or flyers as they can embed fonts,
images, and other documents.
 A PDF file contains one or more page
images, each of which can zoom in or
out.
 Acrobat PDF files are optimized for the
Web by rendering text before graphic
images and hypertext links
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format:-
TIFF is a file format for storing
images, including photographs and
line art.TIFF format is widely
supported by image-manipulation
applications, by publishing and page
layout applications, by scanning,
faxing,word processing, optical
character recognition and other
applications.
Plucker Format

Plucker is a free e- resources reader

application with its own associatedfile
format and software to automatically
generate Plucker files from HTML
files, web sites .
CHM Format
 It also known as Microsoft Compressed
HTML.
 CHM format is a proprietary format based
HTML.
 Multiple pages and embedded graphics are
distributed along with proprietary metadata
as a single compressed file.
PostScript Format

Post Script is a page description

language used primarily in the
electronic and desktop publishing
areas for describing the contents of a
printed page in a higher level.
Desktop Author Format
 Published as a .DNL. Desktop Author is
an electronic publishing suite that
allows creation of digital web books
with virtual turning pages.
 Digital web resources of any publication
type can be written in this format,
including brochures, e-books, digital
photo albums, e-cards, digital diaries,
online resumes, quizzes, exams, tests,
forms and surveys.
Rich Text Format

The Rich Text Format (RTF) is a

document file format developed by
Microsoft in1987 for cross-platform
document. Most word processors are
able to read and write RTF documents.
Basic requirement for accessing e-
resources
A digital environment is necessary for
accessioning and disseminated e-
resources. Retrieval Software is
produced locally and most of the
information is obtained by remote
accesses. The three major components
are for accessioning e- resources.
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1. Minimum Hardware Requirement
 Windows PC with P-4 CPU @3.0 GHz
or above
 512 MB RAM
 HDD: 40 GB
 CDROM Drive
 Monitor: 15" /17"
 Windows OS
2. Internet Connectivity

Subscribing institutions should have

528 kbps connectivity to Internet for
improved access depending upon the
total population of users.
3. Minimum Software Requirement

 1. Web Browser:-
 IE: 5.x or later
 Fire fox Mozilla 1.0 or later
 Netscape: 4.79 or later (no lower)
 Java version required: 6.0 or later
 The web browser being used to
access e-resources should be
enabled for:-
 JavaScript/Java
 Acceptance of cookies
 Cascading Style Sheets
 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Security
(128-bit encryption minimum)
Viewing and Printing Documents

E- resources are offered in different

file formats. The client-side PCs may,
require to download format-specific
from a digital collection.
 PDF Documents:-
Adobe' s Acrobat Reader for viewing
and printing PDF documents.
 PostScript Documents:-
AFPL Ghost script Package 8.00 or
GNU Ghost script Package 7.05 or
later;
 Tagged Image File Format
Documents:-
TIFF Viewer require to view and print
TIFF Images;
 Desk top Author Format:-
.DNL files can be viewed inside a web
browser or stand-alone via the DNL
Reader.
Type of e-resources
 E-Books
 E-Journals
 E-Zine
 E-Thesis and dissertation (ETD)
 E-News Papers
 E-Reference books
 CD-ROMs
 Data bases
E-Books

E-book is a portable hard ware

and software book as a portable
hardware and software system that
can display a large quantity of
readable textual information to the
user. An e-book is commonly bundled
by a publisher for distribution.
 Examples of E-books
 www.digitalbookindex.com
 www.bookbunker.biz
 www.blackmask.com
E journals
 An e-journal is processed published
and distributed all over the world by
electronic network.
 E- Journals started with the full text
databases offered by Dialog in
1980’s .
 Linking citations and references to
bibliographic database or to full- text
articles make it utility more.
 Major electronic journal publishers
are following:-
 JSTOR
 Blackwell Publishers
 Springer Verlag & Kluwer
 American Chemical society etc.
E-Zine
E-Zine means electronic magazine
and it is also called web- Zine. The
articles that are stored of a file server
may be distributed or accessed via a
computer network. Some examples of
e-zine are:
 www.indiatoday.com
 www.musicindia.com etc.
E-Thesis and dissertation (ETD)
 An ETD is an electronic document
that explains the intellectual works or
research of a researcher.
 ETD is provides a technologically
advanced medium for expressing
ideas with less expensive, small
space, easy handling, high longevity
and never collect dust.
Example :-
 WWW.unesco.orb/webworldtd/contri
bution.html
 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses
 www.geocites,com
 www.more.edu.sg
Electronic News Papers
Like ETD, an electronic newspaper
is a self contained, reusable, and
refreshable version of a traditional
news paper that acquires and holds
all information in the news paper
electronically.
E-Reference books
Many reference books are also
brought out in CD-ROM formats and
available online through payment.
There are a number of reference
sources available freely on-line
through Internet.
 http://www.britannica.com/
 http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
CD-ROM
 A compact disk- read only memory is one of
a series of devices.
 It is use for store large amount of
structured data, bibliographic information
full text information and images etc.
 The In combination with Web server the
network operating system also enable
launching of CD applications from Web
browsers, by clicking on hypertext links on a
HTML page.
Data Bases
Database is computerized record
keeping system. The important thing
is that a database allows storing data
and getting it or modifying. There
are to type of databases –
 Analytical Databases
 Operational Databases
Analytical Databases
Analytical Databases are primarily
static, read only databases , which
store archived, historical data used
for analysis. Web pages are
generated dynamically search
parameters.
Operational Databases

Operational databases allow to

modify that data. These types of
databases are usually used to track
real-time information.
Features of E-resources
 Text can be searched, except when represented in
the form of images;
 Hundreds or thousands may be carried together on
one device. Approximately 500 average e-books can
be stored on one CD;
 Type size and type face may be adjusted
 E- Resources can be used with text-to-speech
software;
 Distributed at low cost;
 Distributed instantly, allowing readers to begin
reading at once, without the need to visit a
bookstore.
 No risk of damage, vandalism, etc. on the pages
 How to access E-Resources

 Single point of access - where the e-resource is

available at dedicated terminals in one of the
University Libraries;

 Local networked access - where the e-resource may

be accessed from networked terminals throughout
the University, including those in the Libraries and
Open Access Computing Centers;
 Internet-based access –
Where the e-resources may be accessed
from networked terminals throughout the
University, with an increasing number
being also available off-campus.
Control Access
Username and password
Access to some e-resources is controlled by
username and password.
 This facilitates usage analysis, minimizes
unauthorized access and ensures
compliance with license agreements.
 All e-resources that are available off-
campus are controlled in this way.
 Details of usernames and passwords can be
obtained from any Library Enquiry Desk.
 Rules for access Electronic
Resources
 The e-Resources are licensed for the
non-profit educational use of the
Institute.
 Copyright law governs use of these
e-Resources.
 Access to e-Resources is based on
license agreements with publishers.
 Doing the following things are strictly
prohibited:-
 Systematic downloading, distributing, or
retaining substantial portions.
 Forwarding electronic versions of articles
or the use of electronic articles for
commercial purposes.
 Strictly prohibited to download entire
journal issue or databases or an entire
e-book.
 Library users are permitted to make digital
copies of individual documents, that is, to
download an individual document
temporarily to their own hard disc for non-
commercial purposes only.
 Under the terms of use it neither permits
forwarding electronic versions of articles
nor the use of electronic articles for
commercial purposes.
 Publishers keep track of patterns of
use and where the publishers
suspect misuse in the form of
systematic downloading (eg. more
than one article from an issue,
continuous downloading from a
particular journal etc.)
Copy right issue about E- resources

 The Internet IS NOT the public

domain. However, if we make a copy
and put it on our personal WWW
site, it less likely to be considered
fair use.
 If we make a copy from an
electronic source, such as the
Internet or WWW, for our personal
use, it is likely to be seen as fair use.
 There are both un-copyrighted and
copyrighted materials available.
Assume a work is copyrighted.
 Motion Media :-
Up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever
is less, in the aggregate of a
copyrighted motion media work may
be reproduced.
 Text Material :-
Up to 10% , whichever is less, in the
aggregate of a copyrighted work
consisting of text material may be
reproduced or otherwise incorporated
as part of a multimedia project .
 Illustrations and Photographs

When using photographs and

illustrations from a published
collective work, not more than 10%
or 15 images.
 Music, Lyrics, and Music Video:-
Up to 10%, but in no event more than 30
seconds, of the music and lyrics from an
individual musical work.
 World Wide Web :-
The copyright protections that we normally
associate with print also govern the use of
audio, video, images, and text on the
Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW).
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