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Subject: E-Journal Extras
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 12:24:19 -0600
From: Gerry Mckiernan <GMCKIERN@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu>

                                _E-Journal Extras_

   I am greatly interested in identifying a variety of e-journal
'extras' for inclusion in my latest Web project, EJI.  EJI

        [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm ]

is "a registry of electronic journals or journal services that offer or
provide innovative or novel access, organization, or navigation features
and functionalities."

  Among the 'extras' I seek to identify in e-journals or  e-journal
services are access to _relevant_:

       * Reference resources (e.g., dictionaries,
         encyclopedias, directories, manuals, etc.)

       * Dissertations, either abstracts and/or full-text,
         or links to such services such as Dissertation
         Abstracts International (DAI) or relevant dissertations
         in the Contentville service
         [ http://www.contentville.com/content/dissertations.asp  ]

       * E-Books

       * Patents

       * Discussion Forums /  Electronic Discussion Lists (e-lists)

       * Polls and Surveys

        * Reader participation

       * Database Access (e.g. PubMed (Medline))

       * Article / Document Ordering

        * Any other type of 'extra' service not typical of the typical
e-journal

      Access to such services may be offered free-of-charge, by
subscription, or on a pay-per-view basis.

[NOTE: I have identified *some* types of 'extra' services and have
included these in a MUCH expanded EJI. If you have not yet visited EJI,
it is well worth the visit this holiday season [:-)]

     As Always, Any and All contributions, suggestions, comments,
queries,
critiques, cosmic insights, etc., etc. etc. are Most Welcome.

      Regards,

/Gerry McKiernan
Extra Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu

       "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It"
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