Lesley,
Thanks. That was the first thought that came to me as well but for some
reason it was on our subscribed titles list in the past. I will confirm
with our agents.
Thanks
Satu
At 09:57 20/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Satu,
>
>Advances in Polymer Science isn't a journal per se, it is one of the
>Springer book series and so not accessible to us under the terms of the deal
>we've signed with Springer. This may explain why you don't have access to
>this title, although you didn't say what arrangement you had with Springer.
>I often get caught out by this difference myself.
>
>Cheers
>Lesley
>
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>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: 20 October 2004 09:39
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>Subject: Springer LINK journals
>
>
>Knowing how slow Springer are about getting back to their subscribers about
>journal access problems, I thought it best to ask list members first about
>the following:
>
>We subscribe to all the journals in SpringerLINK. However, a student has
>just reported that they cannot access one of our subscribed titles. The
>title is Advances in Polymer Science. This journal should be available to
>our institution but suddenly isn't. Springer have not notified us about any
>changes to our right to access the journal either. I also noticed that when
>asking for a "browse" list of all "viewable" titles, Advances in Polymer
>Sciences didn't appear. BUT is also didn't appear when I asked for the A-Z
>list of all journals whether "viewable" i.e. subscribed or not.
>
>Any ideas welcomed.
>
>Satu
Ms Satu Nieminen
Assistant Librarian
School of Pharmacy
29/39 Brunswick Square
Bloomsbury
London WC1N 1AX
Tel. 0207 753 5833
Fax 0207 753 5947
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