i agree that the the Ecelectic Journal is a step in the way, but all
articles in journals are becoming 5d active documents linking [up back to
papers to be published, down to papers on which the submitted document was
published, and left and right to related issues, and forward in time as a
track of prior knowledge.
I call it 5d publishing probably in your Eclectic Journal concept.   But
still we are missing the great standard in the sky, where i can just think
and the journals containiing the appropriate set of documents, ordered in
the way i want them, is presented on the screen, with all important points
highlight!.

I believe we are moving toward that capability..

sterling

At 01:02 PM 01/14/2001 -0600, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:
>                                _The Eclectic Journal_
>
>       Based upon a review of E-journals for my new Web registry, EJI(sm)
>
>       [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm ],
>
>I have concluded that the present-day "Electronic Journal" is evolving to
become what I call "The Eclectic Journal".
>
>    By the "Eclectic Journal", I mean a Web-based resource that at its
core provides access to e-journals that offer not only the conventional
content of a digital form of a journal  but also provides or permits
interaction with novel and innovative _features and functionalities_
(e.g., reference linking, cross-publisher searching, page customization,
open peer review, etc.) _AND_ novel and innovative _content_ (e.g.,
e-Books, pre-publication history, electronic discussions, translation
services, e-prints, bibliographic databases, etc.)
>
>[SEE EJI(sm) for _several_ more types of various novel and innovative
features, functionalities, and content  *as well as* dozens of specific
examples overall]
>
>   Such features, functionalities and content may be integrated  _within_
the e-journal proper or made accessible from  the main resource.
>
>   Sites that  I would consider excellent  examples of  the "Eclectic
Journals" are
>
>   BMJ [British Medical Journal]  [  http://www.bmj.com/]
>     This Electric Journal provides access to a bibliographic databases
(i.e., Medline), e-prints, reader commentary, reorganized journal content
(Collected  Resources), pre-publication history, etc.] [Free registration
required [?]
>
>   The Technical Library of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers
>(ASAE) [  http://asae.frymulti.com/ ]
>
>      This Eclectic Journal allows concurrent searching of the
>various ASAE publications, notably journal, conference proceedings,
standards, technical books, and technical meetings)
>
>     As source material for a review I am preparing on the "The Once and
Future Journal" for a special issue of  _The Serials Librarian_
>[  http://web.mit.edu/waynej/www/e-access.htm], I am greatly interested in
identifying Any and All  _RECENT_ literature that discusses this
e-publishing phenomena. [I am aware of much of the major and minor works
about the 'Electronic Journal' published within the past 50 years]
>
>Recently, I identified two highly-relevant articles that support my
observations about e-journal evolution:
>
>   1- Cox, John. 2000. "The Journal as a provider of community services,"
>__The Serials Librarian_ 38(1/2): 199-209
>
>and
>
>  2. Anderson, Kent. 2001. "The Mutant journal: how adaptations to online
forces are forcing STM journals to mutate,"  _Learned Publishing 14(1) 15-22.
>[
http://cherubino.catchword.com/vl=71902383/cl=2/nw=1/rpsv/catchword/alpsp/09
531513/v14n1/s3/p15 ]
>
>[This article offers a *very* interesting perspective on e-journal
evolution!]
>[Thanks Garrett Eastman from the Rowland Institute, Cambridge, MA for this
reference]
>
>  I am also interested in learning of any _additional_ Eclectic Journal
features, functionalities and/or content that I have _not yet_ established in
>EJI(sm) [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm] . I am also
interested in other examples of Any and All novel and innovative e-journal
features, functionalities, and content for future review and inclusion
>
>  As Always, Any and All contributions, comments, critiques, queries,
cosmic insights, etc. etc. etc. are Most Welcome.
>
>   Regards,
>
>Gerry McKiernan
>Eclectic Librarian
>Iowa State University
>Ames IA 50011
>
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>
>P.S. From my perspective the ACM Digital Library [  http://www.acm.org/dl/]
>and the IEEE Explorer [ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/ ] might
also be considered Eclectic Journals as could EiVillage2  [
http://www.ei.org/engineeringvillage2/partners.html  or Ei Engineering
Village [ http://www.ei.org/eivillage/village.serve_page?p=1280 ]
>[What Do You Think?]
>
>
Computer Aided Cell and Molecular Biology (CACMB), not medicine, will find
the cure for cancer and other diseases.  There will always be a need for
the trained clinician (MD/RN) but, advanced diagnostic and treatment option
selection has become gene based, has moved from the physician's practice to
the computerized cell and molecular biology laboratory, and appropriate
treatment options should now be based on the personal biology of the
patient.