Electronic Resources
Electronic resources is information stored in the form of electrical signals and is usually found on a computer. This includes information available on the internet. Libraries offer many types of electronic resources, including subject research guides, indexes, electronic books and texts, electronic journals, library catalogs, reference sources, statistical sources, sound recordings and image databases.
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