On Fri Jun 12 15:37:37 1998 Ian Winship posted a list of
E-journals that are free to print subscribers to lis-link and
lis-serials.
This very helpful list included:
Gordon & Breach (on BIDS)
We've been following this up in an attempt to get access to their
titles. An enquiry to BIDS resulted in a message stating "Gordon &
Breach are not part of the Pilot Site Initiative (PSLI). To have
electronic access to a journal you will need to purchase an
electronic subscription. It is not sufficient to have a paper
subscription for electronic access"
so we then contacted Gordon & Breach. Their reply is given below.
If I understand their message correctly, their e-journals are not,
therefore, free to print subscribers.
> Thank you for your recent enquiry concerning online access to our
> journals. I trust you will find the following information useful.
>
> For the 1997 and 1998 periods subscribers were given the option to
> renew with, or without, the online/archive package. The
> online/archive package is available for an extra 15 % of the
> regular subscription price.
>
> Re. "accessing, service start timing, term(start/terminate)" the
> following applies:
>
> accessing - this is different for each host. To access G+B journals
> on BioMedNet (BMN) and ChemWeb (CW) the user must first become a
> member of the 'club'. This invovles a one-off registration, after
> which the member has access to all both BMN and CW offer. When the
> subscriber recieves their subscription key from G+B, they must
> register it with BMN/CW. This is done in a one-off registration
> process, after which they will not need to key in their
> subscription key again in that 12 month period. Access to BIDS is
> by user-id and password. Access to online journals is controlled
> BIDS themselves, so the end user does not need to have a
> subscription key. Access is available to 10 concurrent users.
>
> service start timing - this begins from the time the subscriber is
> notified of their subscription key, or, in the case of BIDS, when
> they are contacted and are given a user-id and password. If the
> institution already has access to BIDs then access to the
> subscribed to G+B online journals is automatic. Access runs for 12
> consecutive months.
>
> term(start/terminate) - 12 consecutive months starting from the
> month access is first given.
>
> If you should have any further questions please do not hesitate to
> contact me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Karen Abbot
> Dep't. Head, Customer Service / Claims, UK
Roddy MacLeod
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