On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Melvin Morbey wrote:
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:Hello
:
:Another question about alphabetic listing of e-journals - I've got a
:real bee in my bonnet about this at the moment.
:
:Would anyone on the list who has created and/or maintains a list of
:their available e-journals in alphabetic order of title care to say how
:they did it? Are there clever pieces of software which can help create
:or maintain such a list, or is it all done manually? How much time does
:it take to maintain such a list and how often do you update it?
A quick summary of what we have here:
An Access database holds all the journal information. Using ASP (active
server pages) and ODBC (allows the web pages to connect to the server), a
search facility and alphabetical listings are produced on the fly. When
searching, the user has the option to search for all journals, or only
those that offer full text (the default option).
The database holds additional information, for example, if a password is
required, and what service level is provided (full text, ATA, ToC, etc.)
The final result is a webpage that has either 5 or 6 columns, these are:
Journal Title - which is a link to the e-journal, if a link is possible)
Host - Which links to the host, if linking straight to the journal is not
possible
Service level - Only shown if the user has asked to search for all titles
Dates - The year the online version starts at (and ends!)
Password - Yes or No, if Yes, then it will link to the local-only
passwords page.
Info - A link to information specific to the service provider (host).
You can see this for yourself at
http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/netinfo/extservs/Default.htm
We plan to introduce some more advance searching options in the near
future.
Hope this is of some use, email me with any questions.
Chris Keene - Computer Officer
Templeman Library, University of Kent at Canterbury.
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