国外电子期刊的发展已有近20年的历史。电子期刊的超文本、超链接及多媒体特性和传统印刷型期刊大不相同,除了可省去储存空间、实时传送、提供个人化的期刊外,还提供资料库检索的功能。从资科使用的角度看,内容庞杂的期刊资料经过整理并建立起数据库后,资料的保存与查询将变得十分重要。本文将就电子期刊的定义、特色及发展进行初步探讨。 The development of foreign electronic journals has nearly 20 years of history. E-journal’s hypertext, hyperlinks and multimedia features are very different from traditional printed journals. In addition to eliminating the need for storage space, real-time transmission, and providing personalized journals, electronic journals also provide the functions of database search. From the perspective of the use of information technology, after a large number of journals have been organized and a database set up, the preservation and inquiry of information will become very important. This article will discuss the definition, characteristics and development of e-journals.