Impact of Usage on Line Journals in Selected Engineering College Libraries with Reference to Madurai & Sivagangai District: A Case Study

P Chellappandi; S Barathi; S Senthil

P Chellappandi Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, M.K. University, Madurai
S Barathi Librarian, Senthamarai College, Vadapalinji, Madurai
S Senthil Laison officer, Annamalai University Study Center, Karur

Keywords: Online journals, e- journals, Electronic journals, bibliographic data, library users, Mechanical Department, library habit

Abstract

Online journals are also known as e- journals or Electronic journals are also known as ejournals, and electronic serials, are scholarly journals or intellectual magazines. In practice, this means that are usually published on the Web. Electronic journals or E- journals may be defined as any serial publication in digital format and made available on CD-ROM, DVD, Online system and the Internet. The 24x7 availability of the online journals; facility to access the issues form any corner of the world with the help of internet and more importantly as the journals are available online there is no need to bound the issues at the end of the year and preserve it on the shelf for year together has forced the librarians to go for the electronic journals, Readers are also getting addicted to this new form of publication because it saves the time in searching the required information. Journals play a vital role in the research and development activities and undisputedly are considered primary channel of information dissemination. Majority of universities and libraries spend major part of their budget on the subscription of journals.