Subject:  Re: getting a subject listing of electronic journals -- Jean
Dartnall
From:  David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>
Date:  Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:15:10 -0500

The same is true for every list in existence, including
Ulrichs, ISI, and, most notoriously, LC subject headings.

Personally,. I think the subject approach to enjournals was
useful only when they were the exception. Now that in most subsjects
all major journals and most minor ones are so available, better to rely
on indexes and their links.

We can then argue about how to divide _indexes_ into useful subject
categories(!)

Dr. David Goodman
Princeton University Library
and
Palmer School of Library & Information Science, Long Island University
dgoodman@princeton.edu

----- Original Message -----
 > Subject:  Re: getting a subject listing of electronic journals --
 > PhilipWallas
 > From:  Jean Dartnall <Jean.Dartnall@jcu.edu.au>
 > Date:  Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:55:09 +1000
 >
 > The free Ebsco list sounds like a great idea but some of the subject
 > allocations seem a bit odd e.g Abstacts in social gerontology -
 > Books in
 > General. Book Industries & Trade. Bibliography
 > Academic Psychiatry  - Internal Medicine. Practice of Medicine.
 > Accident Analysis & Prevention - Social Pathology. Social & Public
 > Welfare.Criminology Accreditation and Quality Assurance - Social
 > Pathology.Social & Public Welfare. Criminology
 >
 > There is no saving in time or effort if the subjects would have to be
 > checked anyway.
 >
 > Jean
 >
 >
 >
 >

 > > Subject:  RE: getting a subject listing of electronic journals
 > > From:  Philip Wallas <PWallas@EBSCO.COM>
 > > Date:  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:46:37 -0600
 > >
 > > Here are some suggestions on how to get a listing of electronic

 > journals > with subject classifications:

 > >
 > > 1. Free--go to http://ejournals.ebsco.com/login.asp You don't

 > need to be

 > > an EBSCO customer or to log in, just click on Complete List of

 > journals > on EJS on the right, then when you get the first page
 > of the list, click

 > > on Download Complete List on the right.  What you get is a list

 > of more

 > > than 9,000 e-journals available by subscription, with subject
 > > lassifications for more than 8,300 of them.
 > >
 > > 2. Paid service--EBSCO's AtoZ service covers the EJS e-journals

 > plus > full text titles available in aggregated databases, again
 > with subject

 > > classifications.  AtoZ also allows the library to add its own

 > list of

 > > additional electronic resources.  Learn more at

 > http://atoz.ebsco.com > Phil Wallas

 > > EBSCO Information Services
 > >
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > Subject:  Subject listing of electronic journals
 > > From:  Patricia Thompson <pthompso@sewanee.edu>
 > > Date:  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:32:05 -0600
 > >
 > > Does anyone know of a way to get a listing of electronic

 > journals in

 > > broad subject categories appropriate for the various academic
 > > departments on campus? I know this question is pretty vague.

 > For the

 > > ones that are in the OPAC, I know I could set up subject

 > headings for

 > > them. However, we do not load marc records for ALL of the

 > journals we

 > > have access to in aggregator databases. We use the Serials

 > Solutions A-Z

 > > list product. I do plan to ask them about supplying a subject

 > list, but

 > > if anyone has made a wonderful discovery or if I am just

 > ignorant about

 > > some wonderful method (which is entirely possible), please

 > share your

 > > knowledge with me!
 > >
 > > Pat Thompson
 > >
 > > Patricia R. Thompson
 > > Head of Cataloging
 > > Jessie Ball DuPont Library
 > > University of the South
 > > 735 University Avenue
 > > Sewanee, TN 37383
 > > (931) 598-1657
 > > pthompso@sewanee.edu

 >
 >
 > --
 > Jean Dartnall
 > Serials Librarian
 >
 > Jean.Dartnall@jcu.edu.au
 >
 > (07) 4781 4492 (tel)
 > (07) 4781 5886 (fax)
 >
 > James Cook University
 > Townsville
 > Queensland 4811
 >