Re: Decoding e-access Dietsch.Barbara@EPA.GOV 08 Oct 2008 15:42 UTC
Jeanette, Occasionally, the subscription vendor will provide coverage dates, but, like Louise, I mostly go into each journal and check by clicking through. You will begin to see a pattern with some publishers. Many publisher's coverage only goes back to the 1990s unless you purchase the deep archive. For instance, Oxford starts at 1996, and Springer starts at 1997. For those publishers, you just need to check whether or not the journal is newer than 1996 or 1997. For example, an Oxford journal might start in 2001 so your coverage would be 2001-present. This is extremely time-consuming but while checking coverage, you can also check to make certain your subscriptions are active. Kill two birds with one stone. Barb barb dietsch | serials coordinator epa library | unc contract staff 109 alexander drive | mail code c267-01 research triangle park, nc 27711 phone: 919.541.0726 fax: 919.541.1405 dietsch.barbara@epa.gov ><(((º>.··..··..··..··.<º)))>< "Cole, Louise" <Louise.Cole@KIN GSTON.AC.UK> To Sent by: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU "SERIALST: cc Serials in Libraries Subject Discussion Re: [SERIALST] Decoding e-access Forum" <SERIALST@list.u vm.edu> 10/08/2008 11:05 AM Please respond to "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" <SERIALST@list.u vm.edu> I'd just say 'welcome to the wonderful world of e-resource management'. I tell my e-access newbies that one issue/question always breeds another, everything has a long back history, and you need a long memory! On the dates we simply have to go in and check; not always that easy unless the vendor has helpfully put an icon in to assist us, but necessary. On who provides access - sometimes Googling the title provides the answer if it isn't obvious (never found a quicker way, really!), or remembering who does what and why and when. It's all a wonderful muddle and fun to unravel ... good luck! Louise Louise Cole Senior Information Advisor (Collections) Nightingale Centre, Kingston Hill Campus Kingston University Kingston upon Thames Surrey KT2 7LB Email louise.cole@kingston.ac.uk Telephone 020 8417 5383 Fax 020 8417 5312 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Skwor, Jeanette Sent: 08 October 2008 15:28 To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Decoding e-access We are newbies to e-access work. I have always handled the paper end, the paying, shelving, claiming, binding, tracking, processing, etc etc etc end. Now I am being asked such questions as, "Who is providing access?" "Has access changed?" (when we changed from a print & online subscription to an online only). "What dates are we supposed to have access to?" I don't know. I've never had to know. I'm being told, just look online, the info will be there. I am not finding it. How do those of you who do this, do it? Jeanette L. Skwor Serials Dept., Cofrin Library University of WI-Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7003 "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries." Anne Herbert, The Whole Earth Catalog This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.