online resources

Internet-based information sources

Online resources are materials accessible through the internet—websites, databases, articles, videos, tutorials, and digital tools.

The phrase appears constantly in educational and professional contexts: The syllabus lists online resources for further reading.

Libraries now distinguish between physical holdings and online resources.

The term can feel like filler, gesturing vaguely at "stuff on the internet" without specifying what.

Opposites
medium/format

online resourcesprinted materials

Text on paper

physical media · printed books · bound volumes · hard copies · printed matter

accessibility method

online resourceslibrary stacks

Shelved collection storage area

classroom resources

Family

line, resource

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G