Use of E-Resources in Library View

The digitization of information of print media has brought a new concept in all the fields of human life. This has marked the beginning of ‘information era’. Electronic resource is define as a resource which requires computer or any electronic product that delivers a collection of data, be it referring to full text bases, electronic journals, image collections, other multimedia products. These may be delivered on CD ROM, on tape, via Internet’etc. These are more useful due to searching, providing information access.The developments in scientific publishing and the pricing policies of publishers posed new challenges and opportunities for academic libraries in purchasing and managing the journals within their restricted budget. The library services of the 21st century are fastly changing. With the development of electronic publishing, libraries are not only buying reading materials such as books and journals but also arranging for providing E-Access to various learning resources.The E-Resources and the use of web as a tool is changing the way users live.While in the early phase, the World Wide Web was mainly used for push type applications to provide information and resources to users, the development of Web 2.0 and the spread of open sources and shared use concept have focused on user generated content and applications for sharing. This has led to the development of electronic resources. They convert information sources in electronic form. The different types of e-resources are, E-books, E-journals, Databases, CDs/DVDs, E-conference proceedings, EReports, E-Maps, Pictures, E-Manuscripts, E-Theses, E-Newspaper,etc. E-Resources may be delivered on CD-ROM / DVD, over the Internet and so on. Providing access to e-resources is a service to help library users to find e-Databases, e-Journals, e-Magazines, e-Books/ e-Audio/ e-Images, Dat, Digital Library Projects, Electronic Exhibitions, e-Subject Guide, e-newsletters, E-conferences proceedings and Web search tools on a range of topic. Eelectronic books are very helping because of their easy arability and its feature of incorporating more than one book in a single hand held device. The published materials also available on open access on web. They don’t worry for licensing and usage of the information. According to Dr.S.R.Ranganathan, in his fifth law Library is a growing organism. Library is not a store house of books; it is a knowledge resource center. Every reader visits the library with the intention to get the solution for his problem. Library should fulfill the needs of user community