{"id":21487,"date":"2018-08-17T06:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurnsearch.wordpress.com\/?p=21487"},"modified":"2018-08-17T06:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T05:43:51","slug":"access-to-journals-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/jurnsearch\/index.php\/2018\/08\/17\/access-to-journals-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to journals in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

African universities often have better access to journal databases than western counterparts, thanks to big aid deals for the continent, but I wondered if Pakistan has a similar full-range access. I had a quick initial look at the journal-access situation in Pakistan, and soon found the national HEC Digital Library<\/a> and its list of included databases and publishers<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“HEC National Digital Library (DL) is a[n official national] programme to provide researchers within public and private universities in Pakistan and non-profit research and development organizations with access to international scholarly literature based on electronic (online) delivery, providing access to high quality, peer-reviewed journals, databases, articles and e-Books across a wide range of disciplines.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The supplied databases look like a wide selection and are available to bona fide<\/em> institutions in Pakistan, though it looks like there’s a certain subset of databases reserved for larger institutions only.<\/p>\n

Access there looks like it is broadly comparable to a medium-sized university in the west, if “The impact of non-accessible library and information science journals on research productivity in Pakistan”<\/a> in 2016 in anything to go by. It found, from Pakistan…<\/p>\n

“18% non-accessible and 37% partially accessible LIS journals on the HEC subscribed databases.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thought I note that, since then, Pakistan’s HEC Digital Library has added Gale, Oxford, Proquest, and probably others. Which has likely shortened the gap. <\/p>\n

A 2009 grassroots report found that the main problem in access was said to be due to the frequent power-cuts, rather than databases…<\/p>\n

“the respondents emphasized that electricity failure is the main hindrance to access to the digital library and to the Internet”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

African universities often have better access to journal databases than western counterparts, thanks to big aid deals for the continent, …<\/p>\n

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