Informatics Applications in Evidence-based

Nursing Practice:

E-JOURNALS
Discussant: Thomas Nixon B.
Gasmen
Overview
• Introduction
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Types of E-journals
 Introduction
What is an e-journal
• Electronic journals are scholarly publications that are published online.

E-Journals are also called:

• Online journals
• Virtual journals
• Digital journals
• Zines or e-zines
 Advantages of E-journals

Simultaneous access Links to related items Ease of Downloading

(PDF/HTML)

Wider dissimenation of Alerting Services

journal/research
 Advantages of E-journals

Eliminates physical Saves shelve space Access anytime, anywhere

processing

First published online - Access to archive issues

available quicker than print
publications
Disadvantages of E-journals

Technical Barriers Infrastructure snags Require skills and training

to use

Cost to acquire e-resources User unfriendliness

can be high depends on platform
 Why use e-journals?
• Up-to-date information
• Convenient
• Value-added features
 How do you access e-journals?
• Individual e-journals or package of journals called a database
• Pay per view
• Open access
Types of E-journals: Individual e-journals

• Individual e-journals can be purchased from a

subscription service/agent or directly via publisher.
• Format can be print.
• Some printed journals includes free e-access.
Types of E-journals: Databases

• Databases are packages of e-journal

• Multidisciplinary or subject specific
• Full-text or abstract citation
• Publishers and Aggregators
Types of E-journals: Pay per view

• Pay for individual articles

• Mainly available on publisher websites
Types of E-journals: Open access initiatives

• Significant movement in academic community that

information should be "free” to all
• Author pays versus user pays
• Article processing charge (APC’s)
• Pre-prints, post-prints, self archiving,
Institutional repositories
Types of E-journals: Open access examples

• Directory of Open Access Journals

• All subjects
• PubMed Central
• Hard Sciences
• Publisher sites
• Multidisciplinary or subject specific
 Evaluating e-journals
• Statistics to evaluate
• From aggregator and publisher websites
• Use COUNTER compliant statistics
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