Overview of Electronic Newspapers

⮚Electronic Newspapers Introduction

An electronic newspaper must fit the definition of both a newspaper and a remote access electronic serial: a serial publication containing news on current events of special or general interest, issued in a machine-readable format, and “accessed via input/output devices connected electronically to a computer.”  Electronic newspapers are especially challenging because the resource may also have been issued in print, may have replaced the print version entirely, may not include enumeration (although will have chronology), may have multiple internet providers, and the electronic version may include archives of past issues. (CCM: 33.18.1)

Newspaper publishers often post sequential issues online, and sometimes an archive is maintained and accessed through the publisher’s website. Earlier issues of the same newspaper, including digitized versions of the original print manifestations, may also be available from multiple Internet based providers, such as Google, Hathitrust, Global Press Archive, or individual libraries committed to preservation. (CCM: 33.18.2)

130 0# $a Hindu (Madras, India : Daily)

245 14 $a The Hindu.

530 ## $a Contains selected articles from the print publication: Hindu (Madras, India : Daily).

776 08 $i Print version: $t Hindu (Madras, India : Daily) $w (DLC)sn 85060902 $w (OcoLC)1781415

856 41 $u http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/thehindu.html

⮚Treatment of News Services and Online Subscription or Advertising Information  

Many newspapers have websites for online news services accessed through a home page. The news service may include current articles from the newspaper, without designated issues, as well as links to other information and services. News services typically lack designated issues and are not considered by CONSER to be serial publications but rather integrating resources. These services often have a different title to distinguish them from their print counterparts. If the newspaper website consists of an online news service without serial issues, add the following to the print record: (CCM: 33.18.2)

130 0# $a Gainesville sun (Gainesville, Fla. : 1963)

245 10 $a Gainesville sun.

530 ## $a Also has an online news service, called: Sun.ONE weekly.

740 0# $a Sun.ONE weekly.

856 41 $3 Internet news service $u http://www.jou.ufl.edu/enews/sunone/

If the Web site includes only online subscription and/or advertising information, it can be mentioned in a 500 note in the print record, with the URL in an 856 field subfield $u.

500 ## $a Online site available that provides subscription and advertising information.

856 42 $3 Subscription and advertising information $u ...

As with other electronic serials, if multiple online versions of the same newspaper are available from different sources, a single “provider neutral” record should be created with 856 links to the url for each known provider. (CCM: 33.18.2)