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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.II(IV)/100-107/16
AUTHOR: Wasim Akram
TITLE: A STUDY ON CATEGORIES, ROLE AND EVALUATION OF E-DATABASES OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS AND ACADEMIC PUBLISHING IN TODAY’S LIBRARY
ABSTRACT: Electronic-Databases have become an established component of many academic libraries’ collection. Libraries all over the world are finding vital information through online information retrieval services with access to thousands of databases containing bibliographic, citations and full text primary resources. These databases are used for various activities of handling of information, such as resources sharing, reference services, abstracting and indexing services, easy retrieval of information. The paper outlined in details about the concept of e-databases with special reference to academic and online databases. Electronic databases provide a good overview of what is available on any particular topic. Before user had to depend on books, printed journals, pamphlets, or newspapers. Now they have more information at their fingertips all in one spot. The paper discussed about the categories of academic databases which were subscribed by the today’s libraries and further discussed the different parameters on basis of which libraries can incorporate these scholarly databases into their library’s holdings. The purpose of study was to explore library and information science (LIS) professional’s experience related to the use of electronic databases.
KEYWORDS: : Electronic databases, Information sources, academic databases, online journal, Library Resources and Services
