Accessing EJournals at the Louis Calder Memorial Library University of Miami School of Medicine

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Accessing E-Journals at theLouis Calder Memorial
LibraryUniversity of Miami School ofMedicine

• Suzetta Burrows, Deputy Director
• CONBLS Retreat, Memphis, TN
• April 6, 2002

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E-Journal Collection at Calder

• 1,900 Titles in the Health Sciences
• All IDEAL, LINK, SD Synergy titles
• All HWRC and MD Consult titles
• All ACS, APA, ASM and Annual Reviews titles
• A la carte titles from other publishers
• Free with print and Free titles
• 1,100 (59) are Unique to the Collections

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Selection Issues

• Consortial Arrangements and Shared Subscriptions
  with Other UM Libraries Preferred
• FCLA access to LINK, SD and Synergy
• APPEAL access to IDEAL
• Solinet access to 80 Journals_at_Ovid titles
• Annual Reviews agreement

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Licensing Issues

• Standard License Adopted University-wide with
• University-wide and proxy access
• ILL capabilities
• Walk-in usage
• Electronic course packs

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Lists of E-Journals on the Website

• Began in 1997 with Title List
• Expanded to Subject and Publisher/Aggregator
  Lists in 1998-2000
• Links directly to publisher sites whenever
  possible
• Additional links only if access is purchased or
  holdings are more complete
• Detailed holdings included for all titles
• Maintained in-house

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Advantages of Lists on the Website

• High Visibility of E-journals
• Promotes patron usage/satisfaction
• May 1999 May 2001
• 319 titles 1,619 titles
• 1,000 hits 18,000 hits
• Supports rapid and easy access
• One Complete Source of all Titles
• Supported by all Library Departments

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OPAC Access to E-Journals

• All print journals fully cataloged per AACR2
  since 1989
• OPAC web accessible since 1996
• OPAC via telnet or WWW is sole access to print
  titles for patrons and staff since 1993
• Purchased E-Journals fully cataloged per AACR2
  beginning 1999

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Advantages of OPAC Access

• Full bibliographic access to 1,000 unique
  E-journals
• Print and E-versions of same titles have
  different bibliographic records to support
  different ISSNs, holdings information, etc.
• Supports links from Ovid citation to OPAC record
• OPAC management reports simplify and expedite
  print/electronic collection issues
• OPAC access enhances efficacy of ILL software
  such as Clio and ILLIAD

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Summary

• Both web lists and OPAC access are easily
  justified at UM where there are a large number of
  unique E-journals.
• Of 140 libraries that responded to a 2001
  Canadian study
• 140 (100) provide a separate list
• 114 (82) provide access in the opac
• 98 (70) provide both
• www.targetinform.com/eserials/

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3 Main Access Points

• Static HTML lists - by title, subject and
  publisher/aggregator
• OPAC - by separate MARC record
• Bibliographic databases by linking software

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Bibliographic Databases

• PubMed/MEDLINE via LinkOut
• Ovid/Silver Platter databases via OpenLinks and
  Journals_at_Ovid
• MEDLINE, CINAHL, Current Contents
• PsycINFO, BIOSIS
• Web of Science and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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Proxy Solution

• Proxy Software from Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
• One of 3 options included with Millennium upgrade
  at no additional charge
• Implemented in January, 2000
• Uses circulation module name and barcode
  information for login/password
• Requires reconfiguration of patrons browser
• Low of slots in proxy tables permits access
  only by publisher/aggregator, and not by title

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Possible Future Proxy Directions

• III is eliminating need to reconfigure browser in
  2002
• III may expand the current system maximum of 250
  slots
• EZ Proxy can be implemented

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Thank You from the Faculty and Staff

• Administration
• Collection Development
• Systems
• Technical Services