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>From my, albeit limited, knowledge of users it would be rare for a search to be carried out by publisher. As a general rule users conducting a search are not interested in who the publisher is. It is the journal title or the specific articles contained within that they are after. Thus alphabetical or subject searches are most commonly used. Although our own Electronic Journal Navigator (EJN) service has the facility to search by publisher, this is rarely used (other than in demonstrations) as I am sure is the case with other aggregator services. Access through links from web-enabled library catalagues, OPACs or Intranets is the current demand. Richard > ---------- > From: hazel woodward[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 9:10 AM > To: Melvin Morbey > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Alphabetic listing of e-journal titles > > > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:44:10 +0100 Melvin Morbey > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Here at Reading University we have two ways to access e-journals, > > decided on before I took up my post. Most have links in our web cat. We > > also have a list by publisher or provider on the library web pages. > > > > My feeling is that we ought to have a alphabetical listing. I don't > > think the listing by publisher or provider is particularly useful - I > > can't imagine that many users will approach e-journals in this way. > > Although you can do a search on the catalogue for all e-journals and > > have the results arranged in title order, it requires more knowledge of > > the system than most users have or would probably want. > > > > Looking through other HE institutions web sites, many of you have chosen > > to list your e-journals alphabetically by their title on a web page. I'm > > interested in your reasons for doing it this way. Would anyone care to > > comment on why they've chosen this particular way to list their > > e-journals? Or say why they've chosen some other way? > > Hi Melvin > I would agree that having e-journals listed by publisher is > not at all helpful. I guess it's a hang over from PSLI when > we only had three publisher's journals. > Our research at Loughborough indicated that users really > want 3 access methods - an A-Z listing and a subject > approach from the Library Web pages and links from OPAC. > But that is quite a lot of work!! > Hazel > > ---------------------- > Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and > Director of Cranfield University Press, > Cranfield University, Cranfield, > Bedfordshire MK43 0AL. > Email: [log in to unmask] > Tel: +44(0)1234 754446 > Fax: +44(0)1234 752391 > DISCLAIMER This e-mail contains information which is strictly confidential to the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please note that any copying, use or dissemination of the contents of this e-mail is prohibited and unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the Sender to arrange for its return. The information, images, documents and views expressed in this e-mail are personal to the Sender and do not expressly or implicitly represent official positions and policies of Blackwell's and are given entirely without prejudice and subject to contract. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%