Abstract

Author(s): M. Anjaiah Sakilam Rajesh

With the advancements in various technological inventions and innovations in the new era and th2e coming of the World Wide Web, reading which was predominately restricted to printed material has ever increasingly paved way to online versions. The electronic versions come with its own advantages like the easy accessibility, irretrievability and storage which transcends geographic space and time. World over many academic libraries have fast embraced the electronic resources alongside the printed versions of various books and periodicals. The limitations of the printed material have been overcome with the electronic versions which incorporate not only the world but also audio and visual elements offered by multimedia.