Appendix- Knimbus & J-Gate Comparison

Knimbus is a comprehensive eLibrary platform that provides single point access to

journals, ebooks and multimedia content and which is bundled with features including :

o Academic eLibrary - Single point access by aggregating all the library

subscriptions, e-book collections, relevant open access resources, multimedia
learning content, OPAC and electronic document repositories; all on one cloud
platform

o Plagiarism – Detect plagiarism and paraphrased content using advanced AI

technology. Confirm originality with sophisticated algorithms that scan and
track textual content in every language. It is a cloud-based plagiarism
checker that lets you track, monitor, and detect online content throughout
the internet. Teachers, students, bloggers, writers, and other content-
creators can assess content originality using the most sophisticated content
detection algorithms. Check that your academic content is original by easily
scanning essays, term papers, or theses for plagiarism.

o Remote Access - easy to use off campus solution for any time anywhere access of
subscribed e-resources on any device.

o eCatalogue - A- Z listing of thousands of subscribed journals, ebooks and

conference proceedings which are searchable as well as Remotely accessible on
Knimbus Platform.

o Mobile App - A multi-format content delivery app for users to consume ebook
collections, ecourse materials, latest journal issues and multimedia learning
content. Users can access the entire library on their smart phone from anywhere
anytime.

o A Branded Library Microsite - Tailor made webpage, listing out library

subscriptions along with available open access content.

o Library Picks - Curation tools and a smart framework for building Institutional
Repository.

On the other hand, J-Gate is designed as a journal gateway and only provides
access to a limited no. of open access journals with integration to a few (not all) of
library subscriptions. We believe using J-Gate, users will still need to use some of
the individual publisher websites for searching/ building content for their day-to-
day work which defeats the purpose of an eLibrary to serve as a single point
access. Moreover, even the quality, quantity and updation of journals on Knimbus
is better. Knimbus also has far rich set of features like eCatalogue, mobile app and
remote access which J-Gate does not have and thus has been preferred by
customer over J-Gate time and again.

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1. Feature Comparison

Features Knimbus Fed-Gate

eLibrary Features
Custom branded Library Portal ✓ ✗
eLibrary Mobile App ✓ ✗
Plagiarism Check ✓ ✗
Remote Access (anywhere access) ✓ ✓
eCatalog A-Z Listing ✓ ✓
Usage Reports ✓ ✓
Subscription identifier ✓ ✗
Research Analytics ✓ ✗
Plum Analytics ✗ ✗
Interlibrary Loan ✗ ✗
Open Search API ✓ ✓
Multimedia content (NPTEL videos, TED talks etc.) ✓ ✗
Curated content in form of journals, ebooks etc. ✓ ✗
Knowledge Discovery
Full Text Access to thousands of articles ✓ ✓
Advanced search ✓ ✓
Full Text Search ✓ ✗
TOC Alerts ✗ ✓
Article level statistics & tags ✓ ✗
Article Preview ✗ ✗
Real Time Search ✓ ✗
Single point search for all subscribed + open content
✓ ✗
sources
Filtering and sorting tools ✓ ✓
No restrictions due to Embargo Agreements to show
✓ ✓
articles
Integration with Library OPAC ✓ ✗
Geographical Location of Search Results ✗ ✗
Search across external databases ✓ ✗
Document management/Personalization/Collaboration
Organization of links, saved searches etc ✓ ✗
Citation export ✓ ✗
Save Search ✓ ✗
Bookmarks/reading lists ✓ ✗
Personalized Search Preferences ✓ ✗
Email articles to contacts ✗ ✓
Peer to peer sharing ✗ ✗
Research profile ✓ ✗

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2. Content Comparison table:
Knimbus Sc. & J-Gate Eng. & Tech
Tech.
Full Text Journals 3,500+ 3,000+
Abstract Journals 4,000+ 3,600+
eBooks 25,000+ Nil
Multimedia 1,000+ Nil
Thesis / Dissertation 400,000+ Nil

Knimbus All 4 J-Gate Plus

packages
Full Text Journals 25,000+ 23,000
Abstract Journals 28,000+ 20,000
eBooks 100,000+ Nil
Multimedia 10,000+ Nil
Thesis / Dissertation 400,000+ Nil

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