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Hello Many thanks to all those members who contributed to the discussion of alphabetical lists of e-journals. I found it very helpful and it confirmed my own feelings that alphabetic lists are probably the most useful way of making access available to users. If any new members would like to add their views I would welcome any other comments. On another aspect of access, how are members organizing access to individual titles? I often find it quicker to to arrange access personally with an individual publisher, rather than work through subscription agents. From the experience I've had so far, it seems to take around a month to get access through subscription agents, whereas phoning or e-mailing a publisher myself takes a good deal less time. On the other hand there are advantages to using subscription agents services - for example I could use EBSCO online to access a large proportion of our e-journals. EBSCO would organize access and users would benefit from using one piece of software to see many journals. It would make the whole process clearer and easier. Any thoughts or views? Melvin -- Melvin Morbey E-Journals Co-ordinator/Liaison Librarian for AMS and PRIS University of Reading Library Whiteknights PO Box 223 Reading RG6 6AE Tel : (internal) 8779 Tel : (external) 0118 9318779 Fax : 0118 9316636 E-mail : [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%