Abstract
This article is a discussion of how electronic information resources can be used inside the online academic environment and in particular how the electronic course reserves (ECR) module of INNOPAC can be integrated with the WebCT environment. In the online academic environment, the trend is for information sources to be integrated and made available via a single point of entry. Such information sources mainly consist of copyrighted material that is effectively managed by ECR systems. These systems administer and control access to the copyrighted material, that is ECR documents. This article consists of two parts. The first focuses on the online academic environment and the role of the Internet. It continues with a brief discussion of the online academic information sources and virtual libraries. The latter part of the article focuses on the Rand Afrikaans University’s online academic environment and a practical method of integrating an ECR system with this online environment.