e-resource

Web-based library content

An e-resource is any resource accessed electronically—databases, e-books, online journals, digital archives, streaming media.

The term appears most often in library and academic contexts: The library's e-resources include over fifty thousand journals.

Also spelled eresource or written as electronic resource.

technology

platform

Raised flat structure

bandwidth · HTML5 · multimedia · interface · hyperlink · metadata · interoperability · digitization · preservation · migration

library

ebooks

Electronic reading material

repository · archive · periodicals · lending · reference · circulation · holdings · metadata · subscriptions · reserves

research

scholarly

Marked by serious learning

citation · abstract · bibliography · thesis · dissertation · databases · DOI · indexing · export

access

login

Authentication act or screen

paywall · VPN · proxy · license · permissions · DRM · download · streaming · accessibility · screen-reader

learning

courseware

Educational software package

  • e-learningInternet-delivered instruction
  • MOOCMassive online open course
  • tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide

webinar · syllabus · curriculum · LMS · Moodle · Coursera · interactive · self-paced · assessment · modules

Opposites
format/medium

e-resourceanalog

Comparable equivalent

physical media · codex · hardcopy · hard copy · manuscript

connectivity/access mode

e-resourceoffline

Not internet-connected

Family

resource, resources, resourced, resourceful, resourcefulness, resourcefully, under-resourced, source, sources

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G