On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:44:10 +0100 Melvin Morbey
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> 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
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Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and
Director of Cranfield University Press,
Cranfield University, Cranfield,
Bedfordshire MK43 0AL.
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