Electronic publishing: the movement from print to digital publication.
This article provides an overview of electronic publishing, describes how information increasingly is being exchanged within the scientific community, and discusses the scholarly qualifications of electronic venues. The following content is included: a.definition of electronic publishing; b.uses and types of electronic publishing; c.uses of electronic journals in nursing and health care; d.advantages and disadvantages of electronic journals; e.advantages and disadvantages of print journals; and f.the authors' projections for the future. Hotlinks to a variety of Internet resources on electronic resources are integrated throughout the article.
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Kent State University College of Nursing, Kent, OH, USA.
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005544:Forecasting; D020407:Internet; D009729:Nursing; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*