UGC-Infonet: E-Journals Consortium and Indian Academicians: The Right Initiative at the Right Time, Suresh K. Chauhan

UGC-Infonet: E-Journals Consortium and Indian Academicians: The Right Initiative at the Right Time, Suresh K. Chauhan

UGC-Infonet E-Journals consortium initiative was undertaken by the Indian University Grants Commission (UGC) to facilitate free access to scholarly journals and databases in all fields and disciplines by the research and academic community across the country. All universities who are under the purview of UGC have been provided UGC-infonet Connectivity and access to scholarly e-Journals and Databases. More than 2,000 scholarly journals and databases were made available during 2004 and this number has increased to more than 4,500 full text e-journals since January 2005. As of May 2006, 122 universities are accessing resources from the programme. The access is based on IP range. This effort has had a noticeable impact on the research and academic community.