Barbara,
We don't have any Gale databases but for Highwire this is what I have done
in SerialsSolutions. There are two Highwire databases that you may
select: the Highwire Press (Free Journals) includes titles that are
available for free to all. Most of these journals have a 12 or 18 months
moving wall. This database I do not need to worry about since it is
updated by data provided by Highwire to SerialsSolutions.
Under "Highwire Press" I track the journals we have access based on our
subscriptions. Obtaining the dates for the journals you are entitled to
view is not simple since Highwire doesn't provide this data - no way to
download your subscriptions and your entitlements. You may need to log
into your admin profile on each publisher's site (Oxford Univ Press, Sage,
etc) to find out what you are entitled to view. Once you have the dates
for your subscribed journals you can customize these in your
SerialsSolutions profile. You should check the data and the dates
periodically since publishers do change their policy about journal's online
access (for free online with print subs). Also: I have noticed some Sage
promotional titles appearing under institutional subs rather than under
free trials.
Is anyone using other ways to track their journals on Highwire? There may
be better methods than what I have figured out but this method seems to
work for us.
Andrea Imre
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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>
>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:14:57 -0400
>From: Sandhya Srivastava <Sandhya.D.Srivastava@HOFSTRA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: open url problem
>
>Dear Barbara
>
>If you contact SerialsSolutions at their email clients@serialssolutions
>they will be able to answer your questions. As far as I know * all these
>databases are now customizable where you can change the dates to
>accurately represent what your library has. We have used this to
>accurately reflect our EJS database in SerialsSolutions.
>
>Sandhya Srivastava
>
>Sandhya D. Srivastava
>Assistant Professor
>Serials Librarian
>Hofstra University
>Axinn Library
>123 Hofstra University
>Hempstead, New York 11550
>Telephone: (516) 463 - 5959
>Fax: (516) 463 - 6438
>Email: librsds@hofstra.edu
>
>
>
> >>> bpope@PITTSTATE.EDU 9/13/2005 10:55 AM >>>
>Hi, everybody. We use Serials Solutions as our open url resolver and
>are very happy with it for the most part. For some of the full text
>sources, like Gale databases and Highwire Press, we supposedly have
>access "to present." In reality, it is more like to 1 year ago or so
>for some titles. However, the public display note reads something
>"01/01/1981 to present in Highwire Press." So when the patron clicks on
>that, he finds out it is not really "to present." How do you deal with
>this on the public displays in your open url resolver and your a to z list?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Barbara Pope, MALS
>Reference/Periodicals Librarian
>Axe Library
>Pittsburg State University
>Pittsburg KS 66762
>(620) 235-4884
>bpope@pittstate.edu
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Andrea Imre
Electronic Resources Librarian
Morris Library
Mail Code 6632
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
605 Agriculture Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 453-4339
Email: aimre@lib.siu.edu
