Presentation1

Electronic Resources for

Buddhist Studies

Rev.Bodagama sumana

CONTENT

1. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

2. Type of e-resources

3. Off – line e-resources

4. On – line e-resources

An electronic resource is any information source that the library provides access to in an electronic format. 

(Robert Alex)

An "electronic resource" is defined as any work encoded and made available for access through the useof a computer. It includes electronic data available by (1) remote access and (2) direct access (fixedmedia). In other words: Remote access (electronic resources) refers to the use of electronic resourcesvia computer networks.

(AACR2, 2002 edition; glossary)

WHAT ARE THE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

They are…

Encyclopedias.

full-text journals

Newspapers

company information

e-books

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economic data

digital images

industry profiles

market

Research

dictionaries

Type of e-resources

There are two catagarize

1.Off– line

1.On – line

Off – line e-resources

Example:

1. CD – Rom

2. Thipitaka –CD

3. Mettanet – CD

4. Dhammapada – CD

5. Disketts

6. VCD/ DVD

7. e – card

On – line e-resources

Institutional & Personal website

OPAC & web OPACS

Electronic Databases

E – Publications

E – Books

E – Journals

E – Prints

E – Articles

Institutional & Personal website

http://www.buddhanet.net/

OPAC & web OPACS

The Dhammapada

Translated from the Pâli by F. Max Müller

The Sutta-Nipâta

Translated from the Pâli by V. Fausböll

Oxford, the Clarendon Press

[1881]

Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East

http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/index.htm

The Dhammapada

Electronic Databases

We can get more Resources

Search engines

Index

Indexes: An index is a reference source which provide bibliographic information about journal articles, as well as other types of materials. While indexes have long existed in print, online indexes have expanded the type of work done by researches. more options than looking for materials by subject, author or title. Online indexes allow you to look beyond subject, author, or title.

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E- book

Electronic Books and Texts: The Library provides access to a variety of electronic books, as well as the other printed works (such as essays, poems, or historical doocuments). Some of these electronic books and texts are part of large, searchable databases

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E - Journel

Other Electronic resources

http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_s.htm

You can follow more details…….

http://buddhistvillage.net/

http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/

http://www.tipitaka.org/

http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/index.htm